British Isles

historic nation and a self-governing British Crown dependency

island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over

group of islands in northwest Europe

archipelago in the English Channel

self-governing possessions of the British Crown

The Cassiterides (, meaning "tin place", from , kassíteros "tin") are an ancient geographical name used to refer to a group of islands whose precise location is unknown, but which was believed to be situated somewhere near the west coast of Europe.

freely accessible online community for geographically located photographs of Great Britain and Ireland