Bahrain consists of a group of islands.
An archipelago ( [ ɑːrkᵻˈpɛləɡoʊ ] ) , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection of islands . It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number of scattered islands . Bahrain . It is an island country consisting of a small archipelago centered around Bahrain Island , situated between the Qatar peninsula and the north eastern coast of Saudi Arabia , to which it is connected by the 25 km King Fahd Causeway .