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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 September 2024. Group of islands 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 ...
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 Man: 1. Republic of Ireland: 62 and a part of Ireland. United Kingdom: 123 plus Great Britain and a part of Ireland. England: 19. Northern Ireland: 1 and a part of Ireland.
The British Islands [1] is a term within the law of the United Kingdom which refers collectively to the following four polities : the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the Bailiwick of Guernsey (including the jurisdictions of Alderney, Guernsey and Sark ); the Bailiwick of Jersey; the Isle of Man. [2]
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 a list of islands of England (excluding the mainland which is itself a part of the island of Great Britain), as well as a table of the largest English islands by area and by population. Islands by type and name
Gerardus Mercator produced much more accurate maps, including one of the Insulæ Britannicæ, 'British islands' in 1564. [109] [110] A copy of Abraham Ortelius's map of the British Isles, published by Christophe Plantin at Antwerp c. 1588, entitled in Latin: Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar. insularum descriptio, lit.
The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. Approximately fifteen of the islands are inhabited. The largest island, Tortola, is approximately 20 km (approx. 12 mi) long and 5 km (approx. 3 mi) wide.
The British Virgin Islands comprise around 60 tropical Caribbean islands, ranging in size from the largest, Tortola, being 20 km (12 mi) long and 5 km (3 mi) wide, to tiny uninhabited islets, altogether about 150 square kilometres (58 square miles) in extent. They are located in the Virgin Islands archipelago, a few miles east of the US Virgin ...