Low Archipelago

British  

noun

1. another name for the Tuamotu Archipelago

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Example Sentences

Now, as this island is lofty and of volcanic origin, I cannot see that it can be classed as belonging to the Low Archipelago, even though it is not far distant from that group.

From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The cliffs of Elizabeth Island, in the Low Archipelago, are eighty feet high, and appear, from Captain Beechey's description, to consist of a homogeneous coral-rock.

From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles

Many leagues before us lay Les Isles Dangereux, the Low Archipelago, first stopping-point on our journey to the far cannibal islands yet another thousand miles away across the empty seas.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick

This island is a likeness on a grand scale to the Gambier group in the Low Archipelago.

From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles

It appears from the survey of Freycinet, that there are banks of this kind in the Caroline Archipelago, and, as is reported, in the Low Archipelago.

From Coral Reefs by Darwin, Charles