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Revision as of 16:39, 16 November 2001 by Eob (talk | contribs) (Add link to Britain and Ireland)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The British Isles is a term sometimes used to describe the geographic area consisting of the islands of Britain, Ireland and other related islands. Many people in Ireland do not like the term "British Isles" because it implies that Ireland is British. They prefer "Britain and Ireland".
The term British Isles defines a purely geographic area - not, as is sometimes thought, a political area.
The British Isles are an archipelago off the west coast of Europe (121,674 square miles), consisting of: