The phrase "artificial archipelago" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a man-made group of islands or a metaphorical concept of interconnected entities that are not naturally occurring.
Example: "The city developed an artificial archipelago of floating parks to enhance urban green spaces."
Alternatives: "man-made island group" or "synthetic island cluster".
I took a break from the fair to visit the Haerizadeh brothers in their 42nd-floor penthouse at Dubai Marina, overlooking the artificial archipelago that is the Palm Jumeirah.
It follows the US Navy's decision to send the destroyer USS Lassen within 12 miles of the Subi Reef, an artificial archipelago built by China approximately midway between Vietnam and the Philippines.
Less complimentary comparisons have also been made to another artificial archipelago – Dubai's The World, which was completed on the eve of the financial crash only to spend a decade empty and abandoned.
The artificial archipelago, also known as "The World," consists of 300 private, man-made islands strategically constructed in the shape of a world map.
In the pics, Hilton wears a leopard print bikini top and matching sarong as she lounges poolside and on a sandy beach at the One&Only The Palm resort on the Palm Jumeirah, an artificial archipelago on the coast of Dubai.
It's a place that is generally bereft of the cultural signifiers native to the dark, dank locales where rap was birthed Illmatic, for instance, probably wouldn't have been the same album if it was about the struggle of going $40 million over budget on your new artificial archipelago instead of the fight out of inner-city poverty.
Both are artificial archipelagos.
BEYOND the artificial archipelagoes shaped like palm trees, not far from the tallest skyscraper in the world, stands another monument to this city-state's stubborn ambition.
Some 400 different projects worth a total of maybe £300bn, including those insane artificial archipelagos, have been put on hold since late last year, when the global credit crunch began to bite.
The Palm Deira, another in the line of the artificial archipelagos, is currently on hold, but is intended to hold more than a million people, and will be bigger than Paris.
Several grass-covered islands scattered across the museum's plaza form an artificial green archipelago.
