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Great Britain accounts for the larger part of this area at 66%, [2] with Ireland accounting for 26%, [3] leaving the remaining 8%—an area of 23,996 km 2 (9,265 sq mi)—consisting of thousands of smaller islands. 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 ...
This is a list of islands of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has thousands of islands within its territory and several external territories. This is a list of selected British islands grouped by constituent country or overseas territory .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. 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 ...
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. [5] [d] It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons.
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
The largest island, known as "the Mainland", has an area of 373 sq mi (967 km 2), [3] and is the fifth-largest island in the British Isles. It is one of 16 inhabited islands in Shetland. Humans have lived in Shetland since the Mesolithic period.
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.
Lewis and Harris is the largest island in Scotland and the third largest of the British Isles, after Great Britain and Ireland. [19] It incorporates Lewis in the north and Harris in the south, both of which are frequently referred to as individual islands, although they are joined by a land border.