Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km² (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world.^{[6][note 1]} The island is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west – and together these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago.^[8]

Connected to mainland Europe until 8,000 years ago, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, the island had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan.^[9][10]

The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands.^[11] Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the United Kingdom.^[12] The single Kingdom of Great Britain resulted from the 1707 Acts of Union between the kingdoms of England (which at the time incorporated Wales) and Scotland.

Location	Northwestern Europe
Coordinates	53°50′N 2°25′W
Archipelago	British Isles
Adjacent bodies of water	Atlantic Ocean
Area	209,331 km^2 (80,823 sq mi)^[1]
Area rank	9th
Highest elevation	1,345 m (4413 ft)
Highest point	Ben Nevis^[2]
Administration
United Kingdom
Countries	England Scotland Wales
Largest city	London (pop. 8,878,892)
Demographics
Population	60,800,000 (2011 census)^[3]
Population rank	3rd
Pop. density	302/km^2 (782/sq mi)
Languages	English Scots Welsh Scottish Gaelic Cornish
Ethnic groups	86.8% White 7.1% Asian 3.1% Black 2.0% Mixed 0.3% Arab 0.6% Other^[4][5]
Additional information
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)

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LONDON IS THE CAPITAL OF GREAT BRITAIN