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British Isles
The
British Isles
are a
group of islands
off the north-western coast of
continental Europe
that consist of the islands of
Great Britain
,
Ireland
and over six thousand smaller isles. Two
sovereign states
are located on the islands:
Ireland
(a republic which covers roughly five-sixths of the island with the same name) and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(which includes the
countries
of
England
,
Scotland
,
Wales
and
Northern Ireland
). The British Isles also include three
dependencies of the British Crown
: the
Isle of Man
and, by tradition, the
Bailiwick of Jersey
and the
Bailiwick of Guernsey
in the
Channel Islands
, although the latter are not physically a part of the
archipelago
.
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