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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 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 ...
The earliest known names for the islands come from Greco-Roman writings. Sources included the Massaliote Periplus (a merchants' handbook from around 500 BC describing sea routes) and the travel writings of the Greek, Pytheas, from around 320 BC.
By the Mesolithic, Homo sapiens, or modern humans, were the only hominid species to still survive in the British Isles.There was then limited occupation by Ahrensburgian hunter gatherers, but this came to an end when there was a final downturn in temperature which lasted from around 9,400 to 9,200 BC.
This article is a list of some of the islands that form the British Isles that have an area of 1 square kilometre (247 acres) or larger, listing area and population data.
Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (or ISLE), a journal published by Oxford University Press for the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
The North Frisian Islands The East Frisian Islands. Heligoland; East Frisian Islands (in the Wadden Sea) . Borkum; Buise (former island, disappeared); Lütje Hörn; Kachelotplate; Memmert
The Hawaiian Islands, a major archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been part of a continent.