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Scotland,
administrative division of the kingdom of Great Britain, occupying the northern
third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland is
bounded
on the north by the Atlantic Ocean; on the east by the North
Sea; on the southeast by England; on the south by Solway Firth, which
partly
separates it from England, and by the Irish Sea; and on the west by
North
Channel, which separates it from Ireland, and by the Atlantic Ocean.
As
a geopolitical entity Scotland includes 186 nearby islands, the majority of
which are contained in three groups-namely, the Hebrides, also known as the
Western Islands, situated off the western coast; the Orkney Islands, situated
off the northeastern coast; and the Shetland Islands, situated northeast of the
Orkney Islands. The largest of the other islands is the Island of Arran. The
area, including the islands, is 78,772 sq km (30,414 sqmi).
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