British Isles (gbr)

British Isles

British Isles ranks 7,864th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lomma, Lhari County, and Perstorp. Memorable people born in British Isles include Boudica, and Pelagius. British Isles has been the birth place of many politicians, and philosophers. British Isles is located in United Kingdom.

The British Isles are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, and over six thousand smaller islands. They have a total area of 315,159 km2 (121,684 sq mi) and a combined population of almost 72 million, and include two sovereign states, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Channel Islands, off the north coast of France, are normally taken to be part of the British Isles, even though geographically they do not form part of the archipelago. Under the UK Interpretation Act 1978, the Channel Islands are clarified as forming part of the British Islands, not to be confused with the British Isles. Read more on Wikipedia