japanese archipelago

Noun
  1. A string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean (synset 108940154)
    is an instance of: archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
    has:
    • ezo, hokkaido, yezo - the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu
    • hondo, honshu - the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland
    • kyushu - the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields
    • shikoku - the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous
    • osaka bay - a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu
    is a part of: pacific, pacific ocean - the largest ocean in the world
    same as: japan, japanese islands

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