THE BRITISH ISLES
The British Isles are a group of islands lying off the northwest coast of mainland Europe.
The two main islands are
Grat Britain, composed of England, Wales and Scotland
and Ireland
Ireland is politically divided into
Northern Ireland (Ulster)
and the Irish Republic (Eire)
Great Britain and Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom
The seas around the British Isles are the English Channel to the south, which separates Great Britain from France, the North Sea to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west.
Great Britain and Ireland are separated by the Irish Sea and by two straits, the North Channel and St. George's Channel
The main islands after Great Britain and Ireland include:
the Hebrides
the Orkneys
the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea
Anglesey, off North Wales
the Isle of Scilly, off the extreme tip of Cornwall
the Channel Islands, near the coast of Normandy
the Isle of Wight, in the Channel
the Shetlands, to the west and to the north of Scotland