third island chain
English
Alternative forms
- Third Island Chain
Etymology
By extension, from second island chain
Proper noun
third island chain
- (politics, India) The Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Sumatra; from Burma in the north to either the Indonesian Archipelago, or Australia in the south.
- (politics, US) The Aleutian Islands, Emperor Seamounts, Hawaiian Islands, Line Islands, New Zealand; from Alaska to New Zealand or Tasmania and Australia.
Usage notes
Geopolitical terminology, regarding the presumed geopolitical control zone aspired to by a rising People's Republic of China.
Related terms
- first island chain / First Island Chain
- second island chain / Second Island Chain