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This article is a list of some of the islands that form the British Isles that have an area of or larger, listing area and population data. The total area of the islands is . Great Britain accounts for the larger part of this area at 66%, with Ireland accounting for 26%, leaving the remaining 8%—an area of —consisting of thousands of smaller islands. The largest of the other islands are to be found in the Hebrides and the Northern Isles to the north, and Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland. Not included are the Channel Islands which, positioned off the coast of France, are not part of the archipelago.

There are 188 permanently inhabited islands in total:

  • Isle of Man: 1
  • Republic of Ireland: 62 and a part of Ireland
  • United Kingdom: 123 plus Great Britain and a part of Ireland
  • England: 19
  • Northern Ireland: 1 and a part of Ireland
  • Scotland: 97
  • Wales: 6

List of islands by area

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|+ List of islands showing area, population and location

! rowspan="2" | Name

! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" | Area

! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" | Population

! rowspan="2" | Location

! rowspan="2" | Country or dependency

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|Great Britain|||| ||England, Scotland and Wales, United Kingdom

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|Ireland|||| ||

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|Lewis and Harris ||

| 19,918||Outer Hebrides||Scotland, United Kingdom

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|Skye ||

|80,056||Irish Sea||Isle of Man

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|Mainland (Orkney) ||

|132,731||English Channel||England, United Kingdom

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|Jura||

|188||Inner Hebrides||Scotland, United Kingdom

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|South Uist ||

|37,852||Kent||England, United Kingdom

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|Benbecula||Cork||Republic of Ireland

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|Barra ||

|16,887||Hampshire||England, United Kingdom

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|Foulness Island||

|212||Essex||England, United Kingdom

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|Valentia Island||

|665||County Kerry||Republic of Ireland

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|Scalpay||

|10||Inner Hebrides||Scotland, United Kingdom

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|Gorumna ||

|1,010||County Galway||Republic of Ireland

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|Portsea Island||

|147,088||Hampshire||England, United Kingdom

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|Lismore||

|146||Inner Hebrides||Scotland, United Kingdom

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|Great Bernera||

|233||Outer Hebrides||Scotland, United Kingdom

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|Ulva||

|16||Inner Hebrides||Scotland, United Kingdom

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|Whalsay ||

|37,479||Essex||England, United Kingdom

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|Mersea Island ||

|7,182||Essex||England, United Kingdom

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|Muckle Roe||

|104||Shetland Islands||Scotland, United Kingdom

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|Bere Island or Bear Island||

|218

||Cork||Republic of Ireland

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|Arranmore or Aran Island||

|478||

|11,388|| Furness||England, United Kingdom

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|Foula||

|38||Shetland Islands||Scotland, United Kingdom

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|Inishbofin||

|184||

|1,666|| Isles of Scilly||England, United Kingdom

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|Inisheer or Inishere||

|343||

|1,079|| West Sussex||England, United Kingdom

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|Bardsey Island||

|4||Gwynedd||Wales, United Kingdom

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|St Martin's||

|142|| Isles of Scilly||England, United Kingdom

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|St Agnes||

|73|| Isles of Scilly||England, United Kingdom

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|Bryher||

|92|| Isles of Scilly||England, United Kingdom

|}

See also

  • British Isles
  • List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
  • List of islands of England
  • List of islands of Ireland
  • List of islands of Scotland
  • List of Orkney islands
  • List of Outer Hebrides
  • List of Shetland islands
  • List of islands of the Isle of Man
  • List of islands of the United Kingdom
  • List of islands of Wales

References

it:Arcipelago britannico#Lista delle isole