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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 .
Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands are the only British Overseas Territories with recognised National Olympic Committees (NOCs); the British Olympic Association is recognised as the appropriate NOC for athletes from the other territories, and thus athletes who hold a British passport are eligible to represent Great ...
The total area of the islands is 314,965 km 2 (121,609 sq mi). [1] Great Britain accounts for the larger part of this area at 66%, [ 2 ] with Ireland accounting for 26%, [ 3 ] leaving the remaining 8%—an area of 23,996 km 2 (9,265 sq mi)—consisting of thousands of smaller islands.
Islands of Oz Islands of Britain is a 2009 documentary series, filmed over the summers of 2008 and 2009 and hosted by Martin Clunes , which visited a number of the islands that lie off the coast of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , as well as the Channel Islands .
British West Indies in 1900 BWI in red and pink (blue islands are other territories with English as an official language). The British West Indies (BWI) were the territories in the West Indies under British rule, including Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada ...
The most densely populated island is Portsea Island, which has an area of 9.5 sq mi (25 km 2) [65] but has the third highest population behind Great Britain and Ireland. [66] The islands are at relatively low altitudes, with central Ireland and southern Great Britain particularly low-lying: the lowest point in the islands is the North Slob in ...
Necker Island and Moskito Island Owned by Richard Branson Billionaire Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, owns not one but two private islands in the British Virgin Islands: Necker Island ...
2 In the Great Belt and the Sound (Øresund/Öresund) ... Major islands and the island groups of the British Isles (Anglo-Celtic Isles) Great Britain; Ireland;