The Juan Fernández Firecrown ( Sephanoides fernandensis ) is a hummingbird found today solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile.

The isle is the largest of a three-island group that also includes Little Captain ( more commonly known today as Island Beach ) and Wee Captain, attached to Little Captain by a sandbar.

An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain or cluster of islands.

The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι-– arkhi-(" chief ") and πέλαγος – pélagos (" sea ") through the Italian arcipelago.

The archipelago with the most islands is the Archipelago Sea in Finland.

In October 1704, after the ships had parted ways because of a dispute between Stradling and Dampier, the Cinque Ports was brought by Stradling to an island that is today known as Robinson Crusoe Island in the uninhabited archipelago of Juan Fernández off the coast of Chile for a mid-expedition restocking of supplies and fresh water.

The archipelago of the Azores is located in the middle of the northern hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean and extends along a west-northwest to east-southeast orientation ( between 36. 5 °– 40 ° North latitudes and 24. 5 °– 31. 5 ° West longitudes ) in an area approximately 600 km wide.

Much of modern Finland is former seabed or archipelago: illustrated are sea levels immediately after the last ice age.

The archipelago is subject to cyclical droughts ; a devastating drought began in 1968 and was broken only briefly in 1975, 1978, 1984, and 1986.

Cape Verde is the driest archipelago of the ecoregion of Macaronesia.

Kontinenten – the Continent – is a vernacular Swedish expression excluding Sweden, Norway and Finland, but including Denmark ( even the Danish archipelago ) and the rest of continental Europe.

The most recently formed of the four islands in the archipelago, it is also of volcanic origin.

There is also a mention of Kidd attacking one of the Japanese islands of the Tokara archipelago, south of Kagoshima.

Gallurese is spoken in the extreme north of Sardinia, including the region of Gallura and the archipelago of La Maddalena.

The people of Ono-i-Lau in the Lau Islands archipelago claim that Minerva Reef is part of their traditional fishing ground.

Located just 100 kilometres off the coast of north Africa, it is the second biggest of the islands, after Tenerife, and has the longest beaches in the archipelago.

A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago.

Indonesia's transport system has been shaped over time by the economic resource base of an archipelago with thousands of islands, and the distribution of its more than 200 million people highly concentrated on a single island which is Java.

Japan is an island nation in East Asia comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago extending along the Pacific coast of Asia.

The profusion is due to many factors, including the length of time the archipelago has been inhabited, its mountainous island terrain, and Japan's long history of both external and internal isolation.

The volcanic origin and remote location of the islands meant that the islands ' flora and fauna had to reach the archipelago from far across the sea ; as a result, the island is home to relatively few plant species and very few animal species.

It is separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago.

The main island, Grande Terre, is in area and is surrounded by a further 300 smaller islands and islets, forming an archipelago of.

The Kerguelen Islands, along with the islands of Amsterdam and St. Paul, and the Crozet archipelago were officially annexed by France in 1893, and were included as possessions in the French constitution in 1924 ( in addition to that portion of Antarctica claimed by France and known as Adélie Land ; as with all Antarctic territorial claims, France's possession on the continent is held in abeyance until a new international treaty is ratified that defines each claimant's rights and obligations ).

But whether the murder of El Benefactor in Ciudad Trujillo means freedom for the people of the Caribbean fiefdom is a question that cannot now be answered.

Miss Marple has never worked for her living and is of independent means, although she benefits in her old age from the financial support of Raymond West, her nephew ( A Caribbean Mystery, 1964 ).

A sixth series, including adaptations of A Caribbean Mystery and Endless Night, is to begin its filming in mid-2012.

Antigua and Barbuda is a member of the eastern Caribbean court system.

The most common is Martin Waldseemüller's deriving it from Americus Vespucius, the Latinised version of Amerigo Vespucci's name, the Italian merchant and cartographer who explored South America's east coast and the Caribbean sea in the early 16th century.

The American Registry for Internet Numbers ( ARIN ) is the Regional Internet Registry ( RIR ) for Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States.

Belize is bordered to the north by Mexico, south and west by Guatemala, and to the east by the Caribbean Sea.

The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands ( BVI ), is a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico.

The Arawaks inhabited the islands until the 15th century when they were displaced by the more aggressive Caribs, a tribe from the Lesser Antilles islands, after whom the Caribbean Sea is named.

The Bahamas is a beneficiary of the U. S .- Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act ( CBTPA ), Canada's CARIBCAN program, and the European Union's Lome IV Agreement.

The Bahamas is ranked 7th out of 29 countries in the South and Central America / Caribbean region, and its overall score is higher than the regional and world averages.

Its lowest point is the Caribbean Sea and its highest point is Mount Sage at above sea level.

The economy of the British Virgin Islands is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean.

Baseball is now popular in North America, parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, and parts of East Asia.

The Northern Bobwhite, Virginia Quail or ( in its home range ) Bobwhite Quail ( Colinus virginianus ) is a ground-dwelling bird native to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

The area is one of the most heavily traveled shipping lanes in the world, with ships crossing through it daily for ports in the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean Islands.

It is also a heavily flown route for commercial and private aircraft heading towards Florida, the Caribbean, and South America from points north.

In many island nations such as those of the Mediterranean, South Pacific and Caribbean, tourism is central to the economy.

The trough is the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea and forms part of the tectonic boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.

The economy of the Cayman Islands, a British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, is mainly fueled by the tourism sector and by the financial services sector, together representing 70-80 percent of the country's gross domestic product ( GDP ).

Chile is a founding member of the United Nations, the Union of South American Nations and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.