British Isles

British Isles
Duusra native naam
	ritish Isles ke ek 2012 ke NASA ke satellite chhaapa,; Shetland aur Channel Islands ke chhorr ke.
Geography
Location	North-western Europe
Coordinates	54°N 4°W / 54°N 4°W
Adjacent to	Atlantic Ocean
Total islands	6,000+
Area	315,159 km2 (120,000 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,345 m (4413 ft)
Highest point	Ben Nevis
Demographics
Population	71,891,524 (2019)
Pop. density	216/km2 (559/sq mi)
Languages	English, Welsh, Cornish, Irish, Manx,; Scots, Scottish Gaelic, French,; Guernésiais, Jèrriais, Sercquiais, Shelta,; Ulster-Scots, Angloromani,; British Sign Bhasa, Irish Sign Bhasa
Additional information
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time / ; Western European Time (UTC);
• Summer (DST)	Western European Summer Time; (UTC+1);
Drives on the	left

British Isles, continental Europe ke north-western coast ke bahaar, North Atlantic Ocean ke islands hae. Isme Great Britain, Ireland, Isle of Man, Inner aur Outer Hebrides, Northern Isles (Orkney aur Shetland), chhe hajaar se jaada chhota-chhota island hae.^[8] Iske puura area 315,159 km² (121,684 sq mi) hae aur puura abaadi lagbhag 72 million haea. Isme dui independent states, Republic of Ireland (jon Ireland ke five-sixths area ke cover kare hae),^[9] aur United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Channel Islands, jon France se baahar hae, ke jaada kar ke British Isles ke hissa maana jaae hae^[10] jab ki geographically ii archipelago ke hissa nai hae.^[11] UK Interpretation Act 1978 ke niche, Channel Island, British Islands ke hissa hae,^[12] jiske British Isles se confuse nai kare ke chaahi. [[vibhag:Atlantic Ocean ke island.

↑ The British Isles s pl Na hOileáin bhriontanacha "the British Isles". téarma.ie – Dictionary of Irish Terms. Foras na Gaeilge and Dublin City University. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
↑ University of Glasgow Department of Celtic
↑ Office of The President of Tynwald (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009
↑ "Règlement (1953) (Amendement) Sur l'importation et l'exportation d'animaux". Jersey Legal Information Board. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
↑ Country/Territory Index, Island Directory Archived 13 Disambar 2018 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
Island Facts Archived 4 Maach 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Isle of Man Government. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
According to the UNEP, the Channel Islands have a land area of 194 km², the Republic of Ireland has a land area of 70,282 km², and the United Kingdom has a land area of 244,111 km². According to the Isle of Man Government, the Isle of Man has a land area of 572 km². Therefore, the overall land area of the British Isles is 315,159 km².
↑ "Great Britain's tallest mountain is taller - Ordnance Survey Blog", Ordnance Survey Blog, 18 March 2016.
↑ "World Population Prospects 2017". Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
↑ "British Isles". Britannica Online. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
↑ The diplomatic and constitutional name of the Irish state is simply Ireland. For disambiguation purposes, Republic of Ireland is often used although technically not the name of the state but, according to the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, the state "may be described" as such.
↑ Oxford English Dictionary: "British Isles: a geographical term for the islands comprising Great Britain and Ireland with all their offshore islands including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands."
↑ Alan, Lew; Colin, Hall; Dallen, Timothy (2008). World Geography of Travel and Tourism: A Regional Approach. Oxford: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7506-7978-7. "The British Isles comprise more than 6,000 islands off the north-west coast of continental Europe, including the countries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. The group also includes the United Kingdom crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, and by tradition, the Channel Islands (the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey), even though these islands are strictly speaking an archipelago immediately off the coast of Normandy (France) rather than part of the British Isles."
↑ ""British Islands" means the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. (1889)". Statutelaw.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

[téarma.ie_–_Dictionary_of_Irish_Terms-1] The British Isles s pl Na hOileáin bhriontanacha "the British Isles". téarma.ie – Dictionary of Irish Terms. Foras na Gaeilge and Dublin City University. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[2] University of Glasgow Department of Celtic

[3] Office of The President of Tynwald (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2009

[4] "Règlement (1953) (Amendement) Sur l'importation et l'exportation d'animaux". Jersey Legal Information Board. Retrieved 2 February 2012.

[UNEP-5] Country/Territory Index, Island Directory Archived 13 Disambar 2018 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
Island Facts Archived 4 Maach 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Isle of Man Government. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
According to the UNEP, the Channel Islands have a land area of 194 km², the Republic of Ireland has a land area of 70,282 km², and the United Kingdom has a land area of 244,111 km². According to the Isle of Man Government, the Isle of Man has a land area of 572 km². Therefore, the overall land area of the British Isles is 315,159 km².

[Ordnance_Survey_Blog-2016-6] "Great Britain's tallest mountain is taller - Ordnance Survey Blog", Ordnance Survey Blog, 18 March 2016.

[7] "World Population Prospects 2017". Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[Britannica-2023-8] "British Isles". Britannica Online. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

[9] The diplomatic and constitutional name of the Irish state is simply Ireland. For disambiguation purposes, Republic of Ireland is often used although technically not the name of the state but, according to the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, the state "may be described" as such.

[10] Oxford English Dictionary: "British Isles: a geographical term for the islands comprising Great Britain and Ireland with all their offshore islands including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands."

[11] Alan, Lew; Colin, Hall; Dallen, Timothy (2008). World Geography of Travel and Tourism: A Regional Approach. Oxford: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7506-7978-7. "The British Isles comprise more than 6,000 islands off the north-west coast of continental Europe, including the countries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. The group also includes the United Kingdom crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, and by tradition, the Channel Islands (the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey), even though these islands are strictly speaking an archipelago immediately off the coast of Normandy (France) rather than part of the British Isles."

[12] ""British Islands" means the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. (1889)". Statutelaw.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

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