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The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include Great Britain, Ireland, and over 6,000 smaller islands. There are two sovereign states located on the islands which are: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The British Isles also include the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Also part of the British Isles are Scotland, Wales, Jersey, and Guernsey.
Geographically, the British Isles are comprised of the two main islands of Britain and Ireland and all of their off-shore islands.
Geographically, the British Isles are the two main islands of Britain and Ireland and all of their off-shore islands. Politically, it is more complicated.
The British Isles comprises... the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Isle of Mann, Isle of Wight... and almost a thousand smaller islands within the territorial waters of the UK.
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Where are the British isles?
The British Isles are locates to the northwest of continental Europe. The Isles are made up of two main islands, Ireland & Great Britain. There are other islands that include the Shetland Isles
Where are the British Isles located?
The British Isles are locates to the northwest of continental Europe. The Isles are made up of two main islands, Ireland & Great Britain. There are other islands that include the Shetland Isles
How did the British isles get its isles?
British Isles is the geographical term for the islands of Britain and Ireland and all of their offshore islands. It has nothing to do with the political split of these islands.
What is the name of a group of islands in which the united kingdom belongs?
It is the Hebrides, comprising hundreds of islands off the northwest coast of Scotland. There are no such collection of islands off the northwest coast of England.
What do the British Isles include?
You mean what ARE the British Isles. Well The British are the islands that make up Britain; so like Ireland the mainland and some other small Islands.
What two large river islands comprise the British isles?
There are many river islands in the British Isles but no two comprise them
What include the British isles?
The British Isles used to be a geographical term referring to the Islands of Britain and Ireland. It is no longer used as the correct geographical term is now Britain and Ireland.
What is the hottest place in British isles?
The hottest place in the British Isles is Jersey in the Channel Islands
What is the most northerly town in the british isles?
If you mean just mainland Brittain - Wick If you include the Orkney Islands - North Ronaldsay If you include the Shetland Islands - Unst
What two places are sometimes considered part of the British Isles?
Geographically, the British Isles are the islands of Britain and Ireland and all of their off-shore islands.
What countries compise the British isles?
Geographically, the British Isles are the islands of Britain and Ireland and all of their off-shore islands. Politically, the British Isles are comprised of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
What is the name of the group of islands in which the United Kingdom belongs?
British Isles
