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This is a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders. For each country or territory, the number and identity of other countries and territories that neighbor it are listed. Land borders and maritime boundaries are included and are tabulated separately and in combination.
The geography of Scotland is varied from rural lowlands to unspoilt uplands, and from large cities to sparsely inhabited islands. Located in Northern Europe, Scotland comprises the northern part of the island of Great Britain as well as 790 surrounding islands encompassing the major archipelagos of the Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and the Inner and Outer Hebrides. [3]
From the Norman conquest of England until the reign of James VI of Scotland, who in the course of his reign became James I of England while retaining the more northerly realm, border clashes were common and the monarchs of both countries relied on Scottish Earls of March and Lord Warden of the Marches to defend and control the frontier region.
Neighbouring countries and territories (Territories without full sovereignty [1] in italics) (L) = share only land borders (M) = share only maritime boundaries blank = share land borders and maritime boundaries United Kingdom [2] 1 [3] 8 8 Belgium (M) Denmark (M) France France–UK border (M) Germany (M)
World map of the five-ocean model with approximate boundaries. This list of countries which border two or more oceans includes both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. [1]
Scotland's largest container terminal. Hound Point: Firth of Forth Fife Panamax, oil terminal No - Hunterston Terminal: Fairlie, North Ayrshire: North Ayrshire: Commercial, coal-handling port No - Flotta Harbour Flotta: Orkney: Oil, Ferry Terminal Yes Kirkwall Harbour and others in the islands Kirkwall, Stromness, Scapa Flow: Orkney
Map showing the hypothetical extent of Doggerland (c. 10,000 BCE), which provided a land bridge between Great Britain and continental Europe The formation of strait was through scouring by erosion . It had for many millennia (since the last warm interglacial ) been a land bridge that linked the Weald in Great Britain to the Boulonnais in the ...
The Outer Hebrides lie to the west, with the Inner Hebrides (in red) closer to the mainland of Scotland in the east. The Cuillin ridge from Portree harbour, Skye. This list of Inner Hebrides summarises a chain of islands and skerries located off the west coast of mainland Scotland.