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    The British Isles

    Jill 2021
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    May 6, 2022 edited October 3, 2022 in Social Groups
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    The British Isles, are a group of islands off the north-western coast of Europe. The group consists of two main islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and numerous smaller islands and island groups, including the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Man. Some also include the Channel Islands in this grouping. 

    Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "British Isles". Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Feb. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Isles. Accessed 6 May 2022.

    There are 189 permanently inhabited islands, plus the Channel Isles.

    List of islands of the British Isles - Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles
    This article is a list of some of the islands that form the British Isles that have an area of one kilometre squared (247 acres) or larger, listing area and population data. The total area of the islands is 314,965 km2 (121,608 sq.
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    The islands were named “Channel Islands” by the Royal Navy around 1830. 

    1. The island of Jersey is the largest, the most populous, and the southernmost of the Channel Islands.  
    2. Guernsey is the second-largest and the westernmost of the Channel Islands.
    3. Alderney is the third-largest and the northernmost inhabited island.
    4. Sark is the fourth-most populous island.
    5. Herm is the fifth-most populous island.

    Channel Islands

    https://www.worldatlas.com/islands/channel-islands.html
    The Channel Islands are an archipelago situated to the west of the Cotentin Peninsula, just off the French Normandy coast within the English Channel.

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    • Graham Buckell
      Graham Buckell mod
      February 6, 2023 edited February 6, 2023

      Attached is an alterative map to the one Jill posted which lacks the geographical accuracy but is perhaps a little easier to follow!

      image_2023_01_21T15_23_22_392Z.png


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