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___MASK38___ , also known as Britain , is a large island in the north ___MASK40___ off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , ___MASK38___ 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 . The Irish Sea (, , , ___MASK23___ - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands ___MASK64___ 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 ___MASK64___ Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle ___MASK64___ Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . A County town is usually the location ___MASK64___ administrative or judicial functions within the county , or it has been established over time as the " de facto " main town ___MASK64___ a county . The concept ___MASK64___ a county town eventually became detached from its original meaning ___MASK64___ where the county administration or county hall is based . In fact , many county towns are no longer part ___MASK64___ the administrative county . For example , Nottingham is administered by a unitary authority entirely separate from the rest ___MASK64___ Nottinghamshire . Many county towns are classified as cities , but all are referred to as county towns regardless ___MASK64___ whether city status is held or not . An ___MASK83___ or isle is any piece ___MASK64___ sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An ___MASK83___ in a river or a lake ___MASK83___ may be called an eyot or ait , and a small ___MASK83___ off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping ___MASK64___ geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the ___MASK1___ . ___MASK20___ is the county town ___MASK64___ ___MASK88___ in Ireland . It is near the meeting ___MASK64___ the N60 , N61 and N63 roads , putting it roughly in the centre ___MASK64___ Ireland . The British Isles are a group ___MASK64___ islands off the north - western coast ___MASK64___ continental Europe that consist ___MASK64___ the islands ___MASK64___ Great Britain , Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles . Situated in the North Atlantic , the islands have a total area ___MASK64___ approximately 315 , 159 km , and a combined population ___MASK64___ just under 70 million . Two sovereign states are located on the islands : Ireland ( which covers roughly five - sixths ___MASK64___ the island with the same name ) and the United Kingdom ___MASK64___ Great Britain and Northern Ireland . The British Isles also include three Crown Dependencies : the Isle ___MASK64___ Man and , by tradition , the Bailiwick ___MASK64___ Jersey and the Bailiwick ___MASK64___ Guernsey in the Channel Islands , although the latter are not physically a part ___MASK64___ the archipelago . Earth , otherwise known as the world , is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life . It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest ___MASK64___ the four terrestrial planets . ___MASK23___ ( or " Cúige Uladh " , ___MASK23___ Scots : " Ulstèr " or " ___MASK23___ ") is a province in the north ___MASK64___ the island ___MASK64___ Ireland . In ancient Ireland , it was one ___MASK64___ the fifths ruled by a " rí ruirech ", or " king ___MASK64___ over - kings ". Arthur Dillon , Count Dillon ( 1670 in the county ___MASK64___ Roscommon -- 7 February 1733 at St Germain en Laye ) was a Jacobite soldier from Ireland who served in the French army . ___MASK88___ is a county in the western region of the Republic of Ireland . It is also part of the province of Connacht . It is the 11th largest Irish county by area and 27th most populous . Its county town and largest town is Roscommon . Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county . The population of the county is 64 , 065 according to the 2011 census . St ___MASK10___ ' s Channel is a sea channel connecting the Irish Sea to the north and the Celtic Sea to the southwest . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part ___MASK64___ Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the ___MASK40___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides ___MASK64___ the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways ___MASK64___ the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders ___MASK64___ Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . ___MASK7___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St ___MASK10___ ' s Channel . ___MASK7___ is the second - largest island ___MASK64___ the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth .