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The ___MASK8___ Sea is a marginal sea ___MASK15___ the ___MASK90___ 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 ___MASK15___ around . The Hebrides ( Scottish Gaelic : " Innse Gall "; Old Norse : " Suðreyjar ") comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the ___MASK64___ coast ___MASK15___ mainland Scotland . There are two main groups : the Inner and Outer Hebrides . These islands have a long history ___MASK15___ occupation dating back to the Mesolithic , and the culture ___MASK15___ the residents has been affected by the successive influences ___MASK15___ 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 . ___MASK47___ is a country that is part ___MASK15___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest ___MASK15___ ___MASK47___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK47___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK15___ the island ___MASK15___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK15___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK15___ Wight . ___MASK13___ is a town in ___MASK20___ , Scotland . It is ___MASK20___ ' s biggest settlement ( the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district ), with a population of 18 , 537 at the 2011 Census . Crimond is a village in the northeast ___MASK15___ Scotland , located nine miles northwest ___MASK15___ the port ___MASK15___ Peterhead and just over two miles from the coast . The Irish Sea (, , , ___MASK80___ - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands ___MASK15___ 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 ___MASK15___ Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle ___MASK15___ Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . ___MASK4___ is ___MASK23___ ' s third most populous city , one ___MASK15___ ___MASK23___ ' s 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom ' s 37th most populous built - up area , with an official population estimate ___MASK15___ 196 , 670 for the city ___MASK15___ ___MASK4___ itself and 228 , 990 for the local authority area . ___MASK4___ is the Oil Capital ___MASK15___ the World . ___MASK20___ is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the ___MASK8___ ___MASK90___ 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 . The ___MASK7___ 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 . 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 ___MASK15___ previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics . Regardless ___MASK15___ the physical geography , in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League ___MASK15___ Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945 , a resident ___MASK15___ a country is subject to the independent exercise ___MASK15___ legal jurisdiction . ___MASK23___ ( Scots : ) is a country that is part ___MASK15___ the United Kingdom and covers the ___MASK7___ third ___MASK15___ the island ___MASK15___ Great Britain . It shares a border with England to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by the ___MASK90___ , 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 ___MASK15___ more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . The ___MASK90___ 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 ". The ___MASK68___ ___MASK15___ Great Britain and ___MASK7___ Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK68___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast ___MASK15___ the European mainland , it includes the island ___MASK15___ Great Britain ( the name ___MASK15___ which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part ___MASK15___ the island ___MASK15___ Ireland , and many smaller islands . ___MASK7___ Ireland is the only part ___MASK15___ the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic ___MASK15___ Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the ___MASK90___ , 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 ___MASK15___ , 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 .