These are measured from claimed archipelagic baselines. This is a list of the archipelagic states in the world. It now includes various zones and jurisdictions, including internal, territorial, and archipelagic waters. The parading athletes were accompanied by the traditional Indonesian musics from distinct archipelagic regions. The Lake Erie Islands are a chain of archipelagic islands in Lake Erie. They are found across tropical Asia, mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia, and Australasia. Bolded are the five original official archipelagic states. The archipelagic polity was headed by the "Mangpus". Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic in the southern Caribbean. However, archipelagic states may designate certain sea lanes through these waters. The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean. Rituals have been greatly influenced by rich colonial history, as well as archipelagic geography. An archipelagic state is a designation used for island countries that consist of an archipelago. The Outer Lands archipelagic region forms the insular northeasternmost extension of the Atlantic coastal plain. The largest archipelagic state in the world by area, and by population, is Indonesia.