Accordig to Wikipedia, the
United Kingdom is "a sovereign state located off the north-western coast
of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the
north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern
Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another
sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this
land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea,
theEnglish Channel and the Irish Sea."