Британские острова

The British Isles consist of two main islands: Great Brit¬ain and Ireland. These and over five hundred small islands are known collectively as the United Kingdom of Great Brit¬ain and Northern Ireland. Their total area is some 94, 250 square miles. Great Britain proper comprises Eng¬land, Wales and Scotland. The southern part of the isle of Ireland is the Irish Republic (or Eire).
Britain is comparatively small, but there is hardly a coun¬try in the world where such a variety of scenery can be found in so small a compass. There are wild desolate moun-tains in the northern Highlands of Scotland — the home of the deer and the eagle — that are as lonely as any in Norway.