Republic of Ireland (Eire) Isle of Man Jersey Guernsey England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Douglas Cardiff London Dublin Belfast Edinburgh Cork Swansea Plymouth Southampton Bristol Nottingham Oxford Northampton Cambridge Brighton Ipswich Norwich Liverpool Blackpool Newcastle Leeds Sheffield Dundee Aberdeen Hull Birmingham Glasgow Manchester Countries of the British Isles Data from ESRI Data & Maps. Cartography by Paul Hardy [email protected], September 2005, revised November 2010. This map is a lunchtime project to explain UK/GB to Americans, and is not official or definitive! GB (Ireland) "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" is the sovereign nation St Patrick Union Jack = St George + St Andrew + St Patrick "Great Britain" is the main island = England+Scotland+Wales Scale 1:2,300,000 at A2 UK St George St Andrew Notes: 1) The Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands comprised of the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are Crown Dependencies and not part of the UK, but for most purposes can be treated as a UK devolved country. 2) The Ulster banner has not been the official flag of Northern Ireland since 1973 - the Union Jack is used there. However it is still used by their team at sports events.

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Page 1: Countries of the British Isles GB UK - Paul Hardy · British Isles Data from ESRI Data & Maps. Cartography by Paul Hardy phardy@esri.com, September 2005, revised November 2010. This

Republic ofIreland (Eire)

Isle of Man

JerseyGuernsey

En g l a n d

N o r t h e rnI r e la n d

Scotland

Wales

Douglas

CardiffLondon

Dublin

Belfast

Edinburgh

Cork

Swansea

Plymouth

Southampton

Bristol

Nottingham

Oxford

NorthamptonCambridge

Brighton

Ipswich

Norwich

Liverpool

Blackpool

Newcastle

Leeds

Sheffield

Dundee

Aberdeen

Hull

Birmingham

Glasgow

Manchester

Countries of theBritish Isles

Data from ESRI Data & Maps. Cartography by Paul [email protected], September 2005, revised November 2010.This map is a lunchtime project to explain UK/GB to Americans,and is not official or definitive!

(Ireland)

"United Kingdom ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland"

is the sovereign nation

St Patrick

Union Jack= St George+ St Andrew+ St Patrick

"Great Britain" isthe main island

= England+Scotland+Wales

Scale 1:2,300,000 at A2

St George

St Andrew

Notes:1) The Isle of Man, and the Channel Islandscomprised of the Bailiwicks of Jersey andGuernsey are Crown Dependencies and notpart of the UK, but for most purposes can betreated as a UK devolved country.2) The Ulster banner has not been the officialflag of Northern Ireland since 1973 - theUnion Jack is used there. However it is stillused by their team at sports events.