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  • The '''County of Anglesey''' is an island [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] off the north-west coast of [[Wale ...fifth largest surrounding the island of [[Great Britain]], and the largest island in the Irish Sea ahead of the [[Isle of Man]].
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  • ...thirds of Northern Ireland's seaborne trade, and a quarter of that for the island of Ireland as a whole.<ref>[http://www.belfast-harbour.co.uk/about-us.htm P The only island of size is [[Rathlin Island]], off Ballycastle, 6½ miles in length by 1½ in breadth, 7 miles from the
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  • *[[Cara Island|Cara]] *[[Davaar Island]]
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  • ...th-west of the county is formed by the [[Llŷn]] peninsula, with [[Bardsey Island]] lying off its westernmost tip. The north of the county, between the mount ...es the British Alpes: for, besides that they are the greatest of the whole Island, they are no lesse steepe also with cragged and rent rockes on every side t
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  • ...'Arfon'', which means "by Anglesey", from ''Môn'', the Welsh name for the island. ...it is 1,000 yards wide. It then widens out, and the distance from [[Puffin Island]] to [[Penmaenmawr]] is just under five miles across.
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  • |picture=Priest Island, Summer Isles - geograph.org.uk - 253263.jpg Det 13. South of [[Gruinard Island]] ({{wmap|57.879861|-5.469182|name=Cromartyshire Det 13}} {{getmapecho|NG94
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  • The island of [[Lundy]] and the Eddystone Rocks also belong to Devon.
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  • ...ery shallow in places and contains a number of islands, notably [[Brownsea Island]], the birthplace of the Scouting movement and one of the few remaining san ...hly the midpoint of the coastline is the [[Isle of Portland]], a limestone island that is connected to the mainland by [[Chesil Beach]], a 17-mile-long tombo
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  • ...Point on the shore of Carlingford Lough, and the easternmost point of the island of [[Ireland]]; Burr Point on the Ards Peninsula. ...tains part of the shore of [[Lough Neagh]]. Smaller loughs include [[Lough Island Reavy]].
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  • ...children; his son Edward and Mary Queen of Scots. The last battle of this island's fratricidal wars, the last ever between the Kingdoms of Scotland and Engl
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  • *[[Canvey Island]] ...ancy filled up with new houses<ref>Daniel Defoe ''A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain - Letter 1''</ref></blockquote>
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  • ...Point, roughly three miles out in the Channel Estuary is [[Flat Holm]], an island which although geographically is within the Vale, is administered as part o ...Cardiff Dock for the tonnage of coal exported. Passing the cliffs of Barry Island the coastline becomes a low-lying promontory called the Lays,<ref name="Wad
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  • ...small towns. Its coastline is 57 miles of coastline. The landscape of the island is remarkably diverse, leading to its oft-quoted description of "England in The island's highest point is [[St Boniface Down]], at 791 feet.
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  • Island Wall, the closest street to the seafront, has numerous buildings dating fro
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  • |N=Nab Island, Elter Water |W=Shope Tree Scar, [[Walney Island]]
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  • *{{i-Themepark}} Fantasy Island UK *{{i-Themepark}} Pleasure Island, [[Cleethorpes]]
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  • In the Forth, [[Cramond Island]], [[Inchmickery]] and [[Cow and Calves]] belong to Midlothian. The last battle of this island's fratricidal wars, the last ever between the Kingdoms of Scotland and Engl
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  • ..., and north of them the largest and most famous is [[Lindisfarne]] or Holy Island, which was the first Christian missionary centre in Northumbria and the sea ...ham Estate}}, [[Lindisfarne|Holy Island]]; [[Farne Islands]]; and [[Staple Island]].
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  • [[File:Ramsey Island.JPG|right|thumb|250px|View to Ramsey Island]] ...re [[Ramsey Island]], [[Grassholm Island]], [[Skomer Island]] and [[Caldey Island]]. Along the coast too are several sheltered, sandy beaches.
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  • The wee island of [[Mugdrum]] in the Firth of Tay belongs to Perthshire too.
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