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- British_Isles areaTotal "315130.0".
- British_Isles abstract "The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. Two sovereign states are located on the islands: Ireland (additionally described as the Republic of Ireland, covering five-sixths of the island of the same name) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom). 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.The oldest rocks in the group are in the north west of Scotland, Ireland and North Wales and are 2,700 million years old. During the Silurian period the north-western regions collided with the south-east, which had been part of a separate continental landmass. The topography of the islands is modest in scale by global standards. Ben Nevis rises to an elevation of only 1,344 metres (4,409 ft), Lough Neagh, which is notably larger than other lakes on the isles, covers 390 square kilometres (151 sq mi). The climate is temperate marine, with mild winters and warm summers. The North Atlantic Drift brings significant moisture and raises temperatures 11 °C (20 °F) above the global average for the latitude. This led to a landscape which was long dominated by temperate rainforest, although human activity has since cleared the vast majority of forest cover. The region was re-inhabited after the last glacial period of Quaternary glaciation, by 12,000 BC when Great Britain was still a peninsula of the European continent. Ireland, which became an island by 12,000 BC, was not inhabited until after 8000 BC. Great Britain became an island by 5600 BC.Hiberni (Ireland), Pictish (northern Britain) and Britons (southern Britain) tribes inhabited the islands at the beginning of the 1st millennium AD. Much of Brittonic-controlled Britain was conquered by the Roman Empire from AD 43. The first Anglo-Saxons arrived as Roman power waned in the 5th century and eventually dominated the bulk of what is now England. Viking invasions began in the 9th century, followed by more permanent settlements and political change—particularly in England. The subsequent Norman conquest of England in 1066 and the later Angevin partial conquest of Ireland from 1169 led to the imposition of a new Norman ruling elite across much of Britain and parts of Ireland. By the Late Middle Ages, Great Britain was separated into the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, while control in Ireland fluxed between Gaelic kingdoms, Hiberno-Norman lords and the English-dominated Lordship of Ireland, soon restricted only to The Pale. The 1603 Union of the Crowns, Acts of Union 1707 and Acts of Union 1800 attempted to consolidate Britain and Ireland into a single political unit, the United Kingdom, with the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands remaining as Crown Dependencies. The expansion of the British Empire and migrations following the Irish Famine and Highland Clearances resulted in the distribution of the islands' population and culture throughout the world and a rapid de-population of Ireland in the second half of the 19th century. Most of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom after the Irish War of Independence and the subsequent Anglo-Irish Treaty (1919–1922), with six counties remaining in the UK as Northern Ireland.The term British Isles is controversial in Ireland, where there are objections to its usage due to the association of the word British with Ireland. The Government of Ireland does not recognise or use the term and its embassy in London discourages its use. As a result, Britain and Ireland is used as an alternative description, and Atlantic Archipelago has had limited use among a minority in academia, although British Isles is still commonly employed. Within them, they are also sometimes referred to as these islands.".
- British_Isles areaTotal "3.1513E11".
- British_Isles country Guernsey.
- British_Isles country Republic_of_Ireland.
- British_Isles country United_Kingdom.
- British_Isles elevation "1344.0".
- British_Isles largestCity Dublin.
- British_Isles location Europe.
- British_Isles numberOfIslands "6000".
- British_Isles populationTotal "68017607".
- British_Isles thumbnail MODIS_-_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_-_2012-06-04_during_heat_wave.jpg?width=300.
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- British_Isles areaKm "315130".
- British_Isles country "Ireland".
- British_Isles country1LargestCity London.
- British_Isles country2AdminDivisions Saint_Peter_Port.
- British_Isles country2AdminDivisionsTitle "Largest town".
- British_Isles country3AdminDivisions Douglas,_Isle_of_Man.
- British_Isles country3AdminDivisionsTitle "Largest town".
- British_Isles country4AdminDivisions Saint_Helier.
- British_Isles country4AdminDivisionsTitle "Largest town".
- British_Isles countryHeading "Sovereign states and dependent territories".
- British_Isles countryLargestCity Dublin.
- British_Isles densityKm "216".
- British_Isles elevationM "1344".
- British_Isles hasPhotoCollection British_Isles.
- British_Isles highestMount Ben_Nevis.
- British_Isles imageAlt "A map of the British Isles and their location in Europe.".
- British_Isles imageCaption "Satellite image of the British Isles, excluding Shetland and the Channel Islands".
- British_Isles imageName "MODIS - Great Britain and Ireland - 2012-06-04 during heat wave.jpg".
- British_Isles imageSize "239".
- British_Isles location "North-western Europe".
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- British_Isles population "68017607".
- British_Isles populationAsOf "2011".
- British_Isles totalIslands "6000".
- British_Isles waterbody Atlantic_Ocean.
- British_Isles subject Category:British_Isles.
- British_Isles subject Category:Geography_of_Europe.
- British_Isles point "54.0 -4.0".
- British_Isles type Island.
- British_Isles type Place.
- British_Isles type PopulatedPlace.
- British_Isles type Wikidata:Q532.
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- British_Isles type Island.
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- British_Isles comment "The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. Two sovereign states are located on the islands: Ireland (additionally described as the Republic of Ireland, covering five-sixths of the island of the same name) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom).".
- British_Isles label "Arcipelago britannico".
- British_Isles label "Britische Inseln".
- British_Isles label "British Isles".
- British_Isles label "Britse Eilanden".
- British_Isles label "Ilhas Britânicas".
- British_Isles label "Islas Británicas".
- British_Isles label "Wyspy Brytyjskie".
- British_Isles label "Îles Britanniques".
- British_Isles label "Британские острова".
- British_Isles label "الجزر البريطانية".
- British_Isles label "ブリテン諸島".
- British_Isles label "不列顛群島".
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- British_Isles lat "54.0".
- British_Isles long "-4.0".
- British_Isles wasDerivedFrom British_Isles?oldid=606676398.
- British_Isles depiction MODIS_-_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_-_2012-06-04_during_heat_wave.jpg.
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