British Isles

E14137

archipelago geographical region

The British Isles is a geographically defined archipelago off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe that includes Great Britain, Ireland, and numerous smaller surrounding islands.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
British Isles canonical	236
Great Britain	2
United Kingdom and Ireland	2
British Isles (across the sea)	1
British Isles (southern England)	1
British Isles airspace	1
British–Irish Isles	1
Wales and Ireland	1
island of Ireland	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Celtic Sea ⓘ English Channel ⓘ North Sea ⓘ
climate	temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
containsCountry	Ireland ⓘ surface form: Ireland (state) United Kingdom ⓘ
containsDependency	Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Guernsey Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Jersey
containsPartOf	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
geologicalFeature	continental shelf ⓘ
hasMajorIsland	Great Britain ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man
hasMajorIslandGroup	Hebrides ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney Shetland ⓘ
hasPart	Anglesey ⓘ Arran ⓘ Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Channel Islands Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: English Channel islands Firth of Clyde islands ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Scottish Islands ⓘ surface form: Hebrides Inner Hebrides ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Lambay Island ⓘ surface form: Irish Sea islands Islay ⓘ Isle of Barra ⓘ Isle of Coll ⓘ Isle of Jura ⓘ Lewis and Harris ⓘ surface form: Isle of Lewis and Harris Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man archipelago Isle of Mull ⓘ Isle of Skye ⓘ Tiree ⓘ surface form: Isle of Tiree Isle of Wight ⓘ Isles of Scilly ⓘ Lindisfarne ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney Orkney Islands ⓘ Outer Hebrides ⓘ Shetland ⓘ Shetland ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands Outer Hebrides ⓘ surface form: Western Isles
highestPoint	Ben Nevis ⓘ
highestPointElevation	1345 metres ⓘ
largestIsland	Great Britain ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
locatedNorthwestOf	mainland Europe ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	mainland Europe ⓘ
seaArea	Celtic Sea ⓘ English Channel ⓘ Irish Sea ⓘ North Sea ⓘ St George’s Channel ⓘ surface form: St George's Channel
secondLargestIsland	Ireland ⓘ

Referenced by (246)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → includesTerritory → British Isles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain → appliesToJurisdiction → British Isles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Britain

United Kingdom → partOf → British Isles ⓘ

England → partOf → British Isles ⓘ

London, England → partOf → British Isles ⓘ

subject surface form: London

Republic of Letters → hasGeographicScope → British Isles ⓘ

Norse → spokenIn → British Isles ⓘ

Isle of Man (crown dependency) → isPartOf → British Isles ⓘ

subject surface form: Isle of Man

Acts of Union 1800 → region → British Isles ⓘ

British Isles English → spokenIn → British Isles ⓘ

Bishops' Wars → historicalRegion → British Isles ⓘ

European American → hasAncestralOrigin → British Isles ⓘ

Channel Islands (crown dependencies) → partOf → British Isles ⓘ

subject surface form: Channel Islands

Kingdom of Scotland → partOf → British Isles ⓘ

Ben Nevis → highestPointOf → British Isles ⓘ

Irish Sea → separates → British Isles ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Ireland

15th Hussars → operatedWithin → British Isles ⓘ

Kingdom of England → partOf → British Isles ⓘ

Short Parliament 1640 → region → British Isles ⓘ

subject surface form: Short Parliament

Westminster Assembly → region → British Isles ⓘ

Iron Age → occursIn → British Isles ⓘ

Chain Home Low → locatedIn → British Isles ⓘ

Royal Air Force Fighter Command → operationalArea → British Isles ⓘ

Freesat → region → British Isles ⓘ

Norse sagas → settingLocation → British Isles ⓘ

Bronze Age → occursIn → British Isles ⓘ

Fidei Defensor → region → British Isles ⓘ

Irish Free State → locatedIn → British Isles ⓘ

Battle of Hastings → region → British Isles ⓘ

Çhiarn Vannin → hasRegionalContext → British Isles ⓘ

Ivor Novello Award → scope → British Isles ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom and Ireland

1755 Lisbon earthquake → feltInRegion → British Isles ⓘ

Early Modern English → usedIn → British Isles ⓘ

Isle of Man Airport → regionServed → British Isles ⓘ

RAF No. 111 Squadron → operationalTheatre → British Isles ⓘ

subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF

this entity surface form: British Isles airspace

Celtic languages → historicalRegion → British Isles ⓘ

DNB → geographicCoverage → British Isles ⓘ

Thompson → hasCulturalAssociation → British Isles ⓘ

RAF Bentley Priory → regionServed → British Isles ⓘ

Caledonian fault system → locatedIn → British Isles ⓘ

Clyde Islands → locatedIn → British Isles ⓘ

Ulmus glabra → distributionRegion → British Isles ⓘ

Whitbread Novel Award → region → British Isles ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom and Ireland

House of Dunkeld → region → British Isles ⓘ

Johnson → hasCulturalAssociation → British Isles ⓘ

Montagu family → region → British Isles ⓘ

Atlantic world → involvesRegion → British Isles ⓘ

Furth → locatedIn → British Isles ⓘ

FitzRoy → region → British Isles ⓘ

Holyhead–Dublin ferry route → isMajorLinkBetween → British Isles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wales and Ireland