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Write a note on the Island Chains of Asia.
Solution
A series of island chains lies to the east and south-east of mainland Asia forming archipelagoes (the group of islands) in an arc shape. The islands from the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean are the Kuril Islands, the Japanese Islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu), Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines, and the Indonesian Islands. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and the Lakshadweep Islands are in South Asia.
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