+1.  Joseph's suggestion is a fine example of "OSM can and does coin new tags 
on occasion."  Adding a nice boost, there is a suggestion that "similar" 
tagging be used as an example of how to define / use / document the new tag.  
Great!

On Dec 15, 2020, at 6:56 AM, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> Re: “ a couple of islets with a collective name”
> 
> We have a tag for that: place=archipelago for a group of islands. 
> 
> There isn’t a common tag for a group of lakes with one name, probably because 
> this is only common in some countries, especially near the Arctic region. 
> We’ve talked about this issue before but did not find an existing tag.
> 
> I would suggest a tag like natural=lake_group to be added to a multipolygon 
> which includes each of the lakes, similar to how archipelagos are mapped.

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