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The ___MASK25___ 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 ". Vatersay is an island in the ___MASK36___ of Scotland . Vatersay is also the name of the only village on the island . ___MASK67___ , also known as Britain , is a large island in the north ___MASK25___ off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , ___MASK67___ 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 . ___MASK2___ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and ___MASK9___ to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of ___MASK2___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK2___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The United Kingdom of ___MASK67___ and Northern ___MASK5___ , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western ___MASK89___ of the European mainland , it includes the island of ___MASK67___ ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of ___MASK5___ , and many smaller islands . Northern ___MASK5___ is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of ___MASK5___ . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the ___MASK25___ , 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 ___MASK67___ and ___MASK5___ . With an area of , 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 . The ___MASK56___ is a marginal sea of the ___MASK25___ 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 of around . The ___MASK98___ (, , , Ulster - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands of ___MASK5___ 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 ___MASK89___ of Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the ___MASK98___ , followed by the Isle of Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . Ardveenish ( Scottish Gaelic : Àird Mhèanais ) is a village on Barra in the Western Isles , Scotland . Ardveenish is also within the parish of Barra . The Northern Isles is an archipelago comprising a chain of islands off the north ___MASK89___ 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 . The Hebrides ( Scottish Gaelic : " Innse Gall "; Old Norse : " Suðreyjar ") comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west ___MASK89___ of mainland Scotland . There are two main groups : the Inner and ___MASK36___ . These islands have a long history of occupation dating back to the Mesolithic , and the culture of the residents has been affected by the successive influences of 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 . The ___MASK36___ , also known as the Western Isles ( Scottish Gaelic : ' or ' ), " Innse Gall " (" islands of the strangers ") or the Long Isle or Long Island ( Gaelic : " An t - Eilean Fada "), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland . The islands are geographically coextensive with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar , one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland . They form part of the Hebrides , separated from the Scottish mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the waters of the Minch , the Little Minch and the Sea of the Hebrides . Scottish Gaelic is the predominant spoken language , although in a few areas English speakers form a majority . Barra ( Scottish Gaelic : " Barraigh , Eilean Bharraigh ," ) is an island in the ___MASK36___ in Scotland . Barra is the second southernmost inhabited island of the ___MASK36___ after the adjacent island of Vatersay , to which it is connected by a causeway . In 2011 the population was 1 , 174 , almost 100 higher than the 1 , 078 counted at the time of the 2001 census . Scotland ( Scots : ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of ___MASK67___ . It shares a border with ___MASK2___ to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the ___MASK25___ , 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 of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides .