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  2. List of islands of the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    The largest of the other islands are to be found in the Hebrides and the Northern Isles to the north, and Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland. Not included are the Channel Islands which, positioned off the coast of France, are not part of the archipelago. There are 188 permanently inhabited islands in total: Isle of ...

  3. List of islands of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of selected British islands grouped by constituent country or overseas territory. The largest British island is Great Britain, which forms a substantial majority of the United Kingdom and is the ninth-largest island in the world.

  4. British Isles - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. Archipelago in north-western Europe This article is about the geographical archipelago. For those parts under British sovereignty, see British Islands. British Isles Other native names Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór (Irish) Ynysoedd Prydain (Welsh) Enesow Bretennek (Cornish) Eileanan ...

  5. List of islands of England - Wikipedia

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    Some places in the British Isles are called islands or isles, but are not. Some of these were formerly islands surrounded by marshland. Others are peninsulas or just coastal settlements. They include: Isle of Athelney; Isle of Axholme; Barrow Island; Brown's Island, Rutland Water; Cobholm Island, part of Great Yarmouth; Isle of Dogs

  6. Channel Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Channel Islands [note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands.

  7. List of islands of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Inchmurrin is the largest freshwater island in the British Isles. [46] [47] It is in Loch Lomond, which contains over sixty other islands. [47] Loch Maree also contains several islands, the largest of which are Eilean Sùbhainn, Garbh Eilean and Eilean Ruairidh Mòr but aren't as big as others.

  8. List of Outer Hebrides - Wikipedia

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    There are 15 inhabited islands in this archipelago, which is also known as the Western Isles and archaically as the Long Isle (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Fada). [Note 1] Lewis and Harris is the largest island in Scotland and the third largest in the British Isles, after Great Britain and Ireland. [2]

  9. Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    With an area of 209,331 km 2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. [6] [c] It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons.