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Definition of Low archipelago

1. Noun. A group of about 80 coral islands in French Polynesia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Archipelago

Literary usage of Low archipelago

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"L. CHAPTER XVIII TAHITI AND NEW ZEALAND Pass through the Low Archipelago—Tahiti—Aspect—Vegetation on the Mountains—View of Eimeo—Excursion into the ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"CHAPTER XVIII TAHITI AND NEW ZEALAND Pass through the low archipelago—Tahiti—Aspect—Vegetation on the Mountains—View of Eimeo—Excursion into the Interior— ..."

3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Galapagos Islands. nh. Society Islands. low archipelago, Marquesas, and other Islands of S. Pacific, east of Meridian ..."

4. Australasia by Alfred Russel Wallace, Augustus Henry Keane (1888)
"... or low archipelago, east of them, with Ba- pa-nui, or Easter Island, still farther east. ... low archipelago ..."

5. Afloat on the Pacific: Or, Notes of Three Years Life at Sea, Comprising by W. P. Marshall (1876)
"Cp Anchor and off for Tahiti—low archipelago— ... Three days after, we were among the islets of the Low- Archipelago. These are very numerous and many of ..."

6. The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin (1897)
"If we draw a line joining the external atolls of that part of the low archipelago in which the islands are numerous — the plan always adopted — the figure ..."

7. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1902)
"CHAPTER XVIII. TAHITI AND NEW ZEALAND. Pass through the low archipelago—Tahiti—Aspect—Vegetation on the Mountains—View of ..."

8. Wild Life Among the Pacific Islanders by E. H. Lamont (1867)
"... Dangerous or low archipelago—Dean's Island —Coral Reefs and Lagoons—Tahiti—The ... low archipelago ..."

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