Geography of the United Kingdom

. The the United Kingdom is an insular country located at the west of the Western Europe. It includes/understands the island the United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales) and a sixth of the North-East of the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland), like several small islands and Archipel S.

The islands which compose the United Kingdom

See the detailed article: List of the islands of the United Kingdom

One estimates at the approximately 1100 full number of islands which constitute the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Certain small islands, called crannogs , were created by the man off Scotland and of Northern Ireland.

Islands of England: Lundy, Scilly Isles, Island of Wight, Islands Farne, Lindisfarne
Islands of Scotland: Islands the external Orkneys, the Shetland, Hébrides interior, Hébrides, Rockall
Islands of Wales: Anglesey
Islands of Northern Ireland: Rathlin Island

The United Kingdom is surrounded by the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

Mountains of the United Kingdom

Principal tops:

Scotland: Ben Nevis (Nevis Arranges, 1344 Meter S)
Wales: Snowdon (Mounts Cambriens, 1085 meters)
England: Scafell Pike (Lake District, 977 meters)
Northern Ireland: Slieve Donard (Mounts Mourne, 852 meters)

Mountainous solid masses:

Scotland: Cairngorms, Cheviot, Highlands, Southern Uplands
Wales: Brecon Beacons, Cambrian Mountains, Snowdonia
England: Chilterns, Cotswolds, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Lake District, Malvern Hills, Mendip Hills, North Downs, Peak District, Pennines, Salisbury Lime pit, South Downs, Shropshire Hills
Northern Ireland: Mounts Mourne, Antrim Plate, Mounts Sperrin

See too

List of extreme points of the United Kingdom
territorial Characteristics of the United Kingdom

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