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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]
Enlargeable relief map of Scotland. Geography of Scotland. Scotland is: a country of the United Kingdom. Scotland was: an independent, sovereign country until 1707 when it formed a union with England; Population of Scotland: 5,436,600 (2022 census) Area of Scotland: 78 772 km 2 (30,414 square miles), approximately 32% of the area of the United ...
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles.
Country Northernmost point Latitude Greenland : Kaffeklubben Island Cape Morris Jesup (mainland) 83°40′N 83°39′N Canada: Cape Columbia, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Zenith Point (mainland) 83°06′N 72°00′N Russia: Cape Fligely, Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast Cape Chelyuskin, Krasnoyarsk Krai (mainland) 81°51′N 77 ...
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)
a peninsula or a semi-enclave, where one country has a land border with a neighbouring one but is otherwise surrounded by sea, while the neighbour borders other countries—examples are Portugal (neighbouring Spain), The Gambia (surrounded by Senegal) and Brunei (surrounded by Malaysia).
The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in Europe after 1815 for articles about countries that are no longer in existence.
Country or territory (Territories without full sovereignty [1] in italics) No. of land border neighbours No. of maritime boundary neighbours Total no. of unique neighbours Neighbouring countries and territories (Territories without full sovereignty [1] in italics) (L) = share only land borders (M) = share only maritime boundaries