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Great Britain and Ireland are the two largest islands of the British Isles, an archipelago off the northwestern coast of France.

The United Kingdom formerly comprised a political union of the two, and was known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, however the majority of Ireland seceded in 1922, forming what would become the Republic of Ireland.

The Islands

The larger islands that constitute the archipelago include:

Satellite Image of major islands of (left) Ireland and (right) the Great Britain; off the northwest coast of France

clockwise around Great Britain from the north:
- Northern Isles
- Lindisfarne
- Farne Islands
- Mersea Island
- Isle of Sheppey
- Portsmouth Islands
  - Hayling Island
  - Portsea Island
- Isle of Wight
- Isle of Portland
- St Michael's Mount
- Isles of Scilly
- Islands of the Bristol Channel
- Islands in St George's Channel
- Bardsey Island
- Anglesey
- Islands of Furness
- Islands of the Clyde
- Hebrides
  - Inner Hebrides
    - Small Isles
  - Outer Hebrides
    - St Kilda

clockwise around Ireland from the north:

Isle of Man

See also

The island of Great Britain
The island of Ireland
The state of Ireland, also known as the Republic of Ireland
The state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The British Isles

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