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Some places in the British Isles are called islands or isles, but are not. Some of these were formerly islands surrounded by marshland. Others are peninsulas or just coastal settlements. They include: Isle of Athelney; Isle of Axholme; Barrow Island; Brown's Island, Rutland Water; Cobholm Island, part of Great Yarmouth; Isle of Dogs
England, United Kingdom Lundy: 4 2 28: Devon: England, United Kingdom Tresco: 3 1 180: Isles of Scilly: England, United Kingdom Lambay Island: 3 1 7: County Dublin: Republic of Ireland Calf of Man: 3 1 2 (seasonal) Irish Sea: Isle of Man Lettermullen or Lettermullan: 3 1 214 [16] Galway Republic of Ireland Thorney Island [19] 2 1 1,079: West ...
This is a list of selected British islands grouped by constituent country or overseas territory. The largest British island is Great Britain, which forms a substantial majority of the United Kingdom and is the ninth-largest island in the world.
A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands: exhibiting their vast importance to the British empire, the improvements of which they are susceptible, and a particular account of the means lately adopted for the amelioration of the condition of the inhabitants, by the establishment and extension of their fisheries. London: Rivington.
—Pseudo-Aristotle, On the Universe, 393b Pliny the Elder, in the fourth book of his Natural History likewise calls Great Britain Albion. He begins his chapter on the British Isles as follows, after describing the Rhine delta: Ex adverso huius situs Britannia insula clara Graecis nostrisque monimentis inter septentrionem et occidentem iacet, Germaniae, Galliae, Hispaniae, multo maximis ...
Of the more notable islands or peninsulas, Taprobane is the first in terms of size, Albion – one of the British Isles – the second, the Golden Chersonese is the third, Hibernia – another British isle – the fourth, the Peloponnese the fifth, Sicily the sixth, Sardinia the seventh, Corsica the eighth, Crete the ninth, Cyprus the tenth.
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 ...
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. [3] Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne.