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Geography of the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The United Kingdom occupies a substantial part of the British Isles. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or UK, is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. With a total area of approximately 243,610 square kilometres (94,060 sq mi), the UK occupies the major part of the British Isles[1] archipelago and includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland and many smaller surrounding islands. The mainland areas lie between latitudes 49°N and 59°N (the Shetland Islands reach to nearly 61°N), and longitudes 8°W to 2°E. The Royal Greenwich Observatory, in South East London, is the defining point of the Prime Meridian. The UK lies between the North Atlantic and the North Sea, and comes within 35 km (22 mi) of the northwest coast of France, from which it is separated by the English Channel. It shares a 360 km international land boundary with the Republic of Ireland. The Channel Tunnel bored beneath the English Channel, now links the UK with France. The British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are covered in their own respective articles, see below. Content是 1 Area 2 Physical geography 2.1 Geology 2.2 Mountains and hills 2.3 Rivers and lakes 2.4 Artificial waterways 2.5 Coastline 2.5.1 Inlets 2.5.2 Headlands 2.6 Islands 2.7 Climate 3 Human geography 3.1 Demographics 3.2 Political geography 3.2.1 National government 3.2.2 Local government 3.3 Economic geography 3.3.1 Primary industry 3.3.2 Manufacturing 3.3.3 Finance and services 3.3.4 Regional disparity 4 Natural resources 5 Environment 5.1 Current issues 5.2 International agreements 6 Antipodes 7 Geography of dependencies 7.1 Crown dependencies 7.2 Overseas territories 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Area The total area of the United Kingdom is approximately 245,000 square kilometres (94,600 sq mi), comprising