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National The Firth ___MASK16___ Clyde encloses the largest and deepest coastal waters in the British Isles , sheltered from the ___MASK99___ by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire , Scotland . The Kilbrannan Sound is a large arm ___MASK16___ the Firth ___MASK16___ Clyde , separating the Kintyre Peninsula from the Isle ___MASK16___ Arran . Within the Firth ___MASK16___ Clyde is another major island - the Isle ___MASK16___ Bute . Given its strategic location , at the entrance to the middle / upper Clyde , Bute played a vitally important military ( naval ) role during World War II . The ___MASK93___ Sea is a marginal sea ___MASK16___ the ___MASK99___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area ___MASK16___ around . The ___MASK47___ ___MASK16___ Great Britain and ___MASK45___ Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK47___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast ___MASK16___ the European mainland , it includes the island ___MASK16___ Great Britain ( the name ___MASK16___ which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part ___MASK16___ the island ___MASK16___ Ireland , and many smaller islands . ___MASK45___ Ireland is the only part ___MASK16___ the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic ___MASK16___ Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the ___MASK99___ , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area ___MASK16___ , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . Kintyre is a peninsula in western ___MASK54___ , in the ___MASK81___ ___MASK16___ ___MASK61___ . The pennsula stretches about , from the Mull ___MASK16___ Kintyre in the south to East Loch Tarbert in the north . The area immediately north ___MASK16___ Kintyre is known as Knapdale . A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the ___MASK38___ as well as the processes that shape it . Geologists usually study geology , although backgrounds in physics , chemistry , biology , and other sciences are also useful . Field work is an important component ___MASK16___ geology , although many subdisciplines incorporate laboratory work . A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography . A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state , as a non - sovereign or formerly sovereign political division , or a geographic region associated with sets ___MASK16___ previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless ___MASK16___ the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League ___MASK16___ Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident ___MASK16___ a country is subject to the independent exercise ___MASK16___ legal jurisdiction . The ___MASK99___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". ___MASK11___ is a historic county in south - west Scotland , located on the shores ___MASK16___ the Firth ___MASK16___ Clyde . It is also , under the name the County ___MASK16___ Ayr , a registration county . Its principal towns include Ayr , Kilmarnock and Irvine . Like the other counties ___MASK16___ Scotland , it currently has no administrative function , instead being sub - divided into the council areas ___MASK16___ North ___MASK11___ , South ___MASK11___ and East ___MASK11___ . It has a population ___MASK16___ approximately 366 , 800 . The ___MASK52___ Boundary Fault is a major fault zone that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east . It separates two distinctly different physiographic and geological terrains : the Highlands from the Lowlands , and in most places it is recognisable as a change in topography . Where rivers cross the fault , they often pass through gorges , and the associated waterfalls can be a barrier to salmon migration . Skipness ( Scottish Gaelic : Sgibinis , pronounced ( s  ib  n ) ) is a village on the ___MASK62___ coast ___MASK16___ Kintyre in Scotland , a few miles south ___MASK16___ Tarbert and facing the Isle ___MASK16___ Arran . There is a ruined castle and Kilbrannan Chapel , which contains some rare grave slabs . There is a nearby cafe that serves fresh fish from the area , and beer brewed on Arran , which can be seen from any where in skipness . Also in the area , there is an organic tannery . There are cottages available to rent in Port na Chrò near the village that are situated by a beach . Both the castle and the chapel date from the 13th century , and are maintained by Historic Scotland . Many ___MASK16___ the cottages which can be rented have their own boats and , during the summer months , mackerel and pollack can be caught from them as well as a whole host ___MASK16___ other species . There are plenty ___MASK16___ walks running from and through skipness and many shorter ones are located in the pituresque skipness estate ( which rents out cottages and serves the seafood ) . Although Skipness is a tiny village with only one shop but is servers the basics , there are other communities nearby such as Tarbert and Campbeltown from which you can buy your groceries . Arran or the Isle ___MASK16___ Arran , at , is the largest island in the Firth ___MASK16___ Clyde and the seventh largest Scottish island . It is in the unitary council area ___MASK16___ North Ayrshire . In the 2011 census it had a resident population ___MASK16___ 4 , 629 . Though culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides , it is separated from them by the Kintyre peninsula . It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault and has been described as a " geologist ' s paradise ". The Irish Sea (, , , ___MASK48___ - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands ___MASK16___ Ireland and Great Britain . It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast ___MASK16___ Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle ___MASK16___ Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . ___MASK61___ is both one of 32 unitary authority council areas and a lieutenancy area in Scotland . The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead . The Hebrides ( Scottish Gaelic : " Innse Gall "; Old Norse : " Suðreyjar ") comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the ___MASK77___ coast ___MASK16___ mainland Scotland . There are two main groups : the Inner and Outer Hebrides . These islands have a long history ___MASK16___ occupation dating back to the Mesolithic , and the culture ___MASK16___ the residents has been affected by the successive influences ___MASK16___ Celtic , Norse , and English - speaking peoples . This diversity is reflected in the names given to the islands , which are derived from the languages that have been spoken there in historic and perhaps prehistoric times . Knapdale forms a rural ___MASK98___ ___MASK16___ ___MASK61___ in the Scottish Highlands , adjoining Kintyre to the south , and divided from the rest ___MASK16___ Argyll to the north by the Crinan Canal . It includes two parishes , North Knapdale and South Knapdale . ___MASK88___ (" Mouth ___MASK16___ the River ___MASK88___ ") is a large town and former Royal Burgh situated on the west coast ___MASK16___ Ayrshire in Scotland , United Kingdom . It is the administrative centre ___MASK16___ the South Ayrshire Council area and historical county town ___MASK16___ Ayrshire . ___MASK88___ is currently the most populated settlement in Ayrshire and is the 12th most populous settlement in Scotland . ___MASK88___ adjoins the smaller town ___MASK16___ Prestwick to the north , forming a single continuous urban area with the town . ___MASK78___ is a country that is part ___MASK16___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest ___MASK16___ ___MASK78___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK78___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK16___ the island ___MASK16___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK16___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK16___ Wight . ___MASK71___ is one ___MASK16___ 32 council areas in Scotland . It has a population ___MASK16___ roughly 136 , 000 people . It is located in the southwest ___MASK16___ Scotland , and borders the areas ___MASK16___ Inverclyde to the north , Renfrewshire to the northeast and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the east and south respectively . ___MASK71___ Council is a hung Council . ___MASK71___ also forms part ___MASK16___ the east coast ___MASK16___ the Firth ___MASK16___ Clyde . The ___MASK45___ Isles is an archipelago comprising a chain of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland . The climate is cool and temperate and much influenced by the surrounding seas . There are two main island groups : Shetland and Orkney . There are a total of 26 inhabited islands with landscapes of the fertile agricultural islands of Orkney contrasting with the more rugged Shetland islands to the north , where the economy is more dependent on fishing and the oil wealth of the surrounding seas . Both have a developing renewable energy industry . They also share a common Pictish and Norse history . Both island groups were absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland in the 15th century and remained part of the country following the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 , and later the United Kingdom after 1801 . The islands played a significant naval role during the world wars of the 20th century . ___MASK54___ ( Scots : ) is a country that is part ___MASK16___ the United Kingdom and covers the ___MASK45___ third ___MASK16___ the island ___MASK16___ Great Britain . It shares a border with England to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the ___MASK99___ , with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the country is made up ___MASK16___ more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . The Mull ___MASK16___ Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip ___MASK16___ the Kintyre Peninsula ( formerly " Cantyre ") in southwest Scotland . From here , the Antrim coast ___MASK16___ ___MASK45___ Ireland is visible on a calm and clear day , and a historic lighthouse , the second commissioned in Scotland , guides shipping in the intervening North Channel . The area has been immortalised in popular culture by the 1977 hit song " Mull ___MASK16___ Kintyre " by Kintyre resident Paul McCartney ' s band ___MASK16___ the time , Wings . Animator Ross ___MASK42___ spent his childhood at the family owl reservation on the peninsula . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the ___MASK93___ ___MASK99___ off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over 1 , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago .