United Kingdom,satellite image. North is at top. Natural colour satellite image showing the United Kingdom (centre) and the surrounding territories. The UK consists of the island of Great Britain (centre) and Northern Ireland - the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland (centre left). Together these islands constitute the British Isles. Great Britain itself consists of Scotland (upper centre),England (centre right),and Wales (centre left). England is separated from France (lower right) by the English Channel (blue,lower right). The Atlantic Ocean (blue,left),Irish Sea (blue,centre),North Sea (blue,right) and Celtic Sea (blue,bottom left) surround the British Isles. Image compiled from data acquired by the LANDSAT 5 and 7 satellites,in |