List of islands of the United Kingdom


This is a list of islands of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has thousands of islands within its territory and several external territories. This is a list of selected British islands grouped by constituent country or overseas territory. The largest British island is Great Britain, which forms a substantial majority of the United Kingdom and is the ninth-largest island in the world.

United Kingdom proper

Northern Ireland is a part of the island of Ireland, see: list of islands of Ireland and list of inland islands of Ireland.

Anguilla

is a dependency of Saint Helena.
Much of the British Antarctic Territory is also included in the overlapping claims of Chile and Argentina. None of these claims have gained wide international recognition and are suspended. All are regulated by the Antarctic Treaty
The Falkland Islands are also claimed by Argentina, see: Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are also claimed by Argentina. See Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
is a dependency of Saint Helena.