British Isles

Great Britain, Ireland and several thousand smaller surrounding islands and islets form an archipelago off the northwest coast of continental Europe which is most commonly known as the British Isles. However, this name is considered controversial by some and there is no single agreed definition.

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  A diagram showing the relationships in political and geographical terminology

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  Îles Britanniques pronounced in Jèrriais

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  Proposed diagram of Atlantic Isles

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  Proposed diagram of Atlantic Isles

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Extreme points

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  Plaque marking the Easterly Extremity of the British Isles

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• Plaque marking the Easterly Extremity of the British Isles

See also

• Category:Maps of the British Isles