List of islands of United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has thousands of islands within its territory and several external territories. This is a list of selected British islands grouped by Constituent country or Overseas territory. The largest British island is Great Britain, which forms a substantial majority of the United Kingdom and is the 8th largest island in the world.
[edit] Constituent Countries
[edit] England
- Barrow Island
- Brownsea Island
- Canvey Island
- Coquet Island
- Drake's Island
- Eddystone
- Farne Islands
- Foulness
- Furzey Island
- Green Island
- Havergate Island
- Hayling Island
- Hilbre Island
- Isle of Portland
- Isle of Sheppey
- Isle of Wight (England's largest island)
- Isles of Scilly
- Lindisfarne
- Lundy
- Mersea Island
- Pilsey Island
- Portsea Island
- Read's Island
- Roa Island
- Seghy Island
- Steep Holm
- Thorney Island
- Virtle Rock
- Wallasea Island
- Walney Island
[edit] Northern Ireland
- Boa Island
- Canon Rock
- Copeland Islands
- Big Copeland Island
- Lighthouse Island
- Mew Island
- Devenish Island
- Loughbrickland Crannog
- Lustybeg Island
- Lustymore Island
- Rathlin Island
- Ram's Island
- White Island
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Wales
- Anglesey (Largest island of Wales)
- Bardsey Island
- Caldey Island
- Cardigan Island
- Flat Holm
- Ramsey Island
- Skokholm
- Skomer Island
- Sully Island
[edit] Overseas Territories
[edit] Akrotiri and Dhekelia
[edit] Anguilla
- Anguilla
- Anguillita
- Dog Island
- Prickly Pear Cays
- Sandy Island, also known as Sand Island
- Scrub Island
- Seal Island
- Sombrero, also known as Hat Island
[edit] Ascension Island
Ascension Island is a dependency of Saint Helena.
- Ascension Island
- Boatswain Bird Island
- Boatswain Bird Rock
- Tartar Rock
- White Rocks
[edit] Bermuda
- Boaz Island
- Castle Island
- Hawkins Island
- Ireland Island
- Nonsuch Island
- Ordnance Island
- Paget Island
- Saint David's Island
- Saint George's Island
- Smith's Island
- Somerset Island
- Trunk Island
[edit] British Antarctic Territory
- Adelaide Island
- Astrolobe Island
- Berkner Island
- Dundee Island
- D'Urville Island
- James Ross Island
- Joinville Island
- Snow Hill Island
- South Orkney Islands
- South Shetland Islands
- Aitcho Islands
- Barrientos Island
- Emeline Island
- Jorge Island
- Cecilia Island, named Isla Torre by Chile
- Sierra Island
- Passage Rock
- Morris Rock
- Clarence Island
- Deception Island
- Elephant Island
- Greenwich Island
- King George Island
- Livingston Island
- Low Island
- Nelson Island
- Robert Island
- Smith Island
- Snow Island
- Aitcho Islands
- Vega Island
- ZigZag Island
[edit] British Indian Ocean Territory
- Blenheim Reef
- Danger Island
- Diego Garcia
- Eagle Islands
- Eagle Island (Ile Aigle)
- Ile Aux Vaches
- Egmont Islands
- Eastern Egmont (Ile Sud-Est)
- Ile aux Rats
- Ile Carre Pate
- Ile Cipaye
- Ile Lubine
- Ganges Bank
- Great Chagos Bank
- Nelsons Island
- Owen Bank
- Peros Banhos
- Pitt Bank
- Salomon Islands
- Ile Anglaise
- Ile Boddam
- Ile Charles
- Ile de la Passe
- Ile Diable
- Ile Du Sel
- Ile Fouquet
- Ile Jacobin
- Ile Mapou
- Ile Poule
- Ile Sepulture
- Takamaka Islands
- Ile Takamaka
- Speakers Bank
- Victory Bank
- Wright Bank
[edit] British Virgin Islands
- Anegada
- Beef Island
- Bellamy Cay
- Whale Rock
- Dog Islands
- Jost Van Dyke
- Little Sisters
- Tortola
- Virgin Gorda
[edit] Cayman Islands
- Cayman Brac
- Grand Cayman
- Little Cayman
- Owen Island
[edit] Falkland Islands
- East Falkland
- Sea Lion Island
- Rum Island
- Sea Lion Island
- West Falkland
[edit] Gibraltar
[edit] Gough Island
[edit] Montserrat
- Montserrat
- Goat Islet
- Little Redonda
[edit] Pitcairn Islands
- Ducie Island
- Acadia Islet
- Edwards Islet
- Pandora Islet
- Westward Islet
- Henderson Island
- Oeno Island
- Sandy Island
- Pitcairn Island
[edit] Saint Helena
[edit] South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Black Rock
- Clerke Rocks
- Shag Rocks
- South Georgia
- South Sandwich Islands
- Candlemas Islands
- Central Islands
- Southern Thule
- Traversay Islands
[edit] Tristan da Cunha
[edit] Turks and Caicos Islands
- Turks Islands
- Grand Turk Island
- Salt Cay
- Cotton Cay
- Caicos Islands
[edit] See also
The Crown dependencies are not part of the United Kingdom. For details of islands within their territories, see: