Map of the United Kingdom
About the map
The United Kingdom is an island in western Europe, northwest of France and east of Ireland. It’s situated in the Atlantic Ocean with the Irish Sea and Inner Seas on the west, and the North Sea on the east coast.
Great Britain consists of the countries of England, Scotland and Wales. United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland, and many smaller nearby islands. Their total areas can be divided as England 53%, Scotland 32%, Wales 9%, and Northern Ireland 6%.
The terrain in the United Kingdom is mostly rugged hills and low mountains. Then, it transitions to rolling plains in the east and southeast. The highest point in the United Kingdom is Ben Nevis summit, which stands 1,345 meters in height above sea level.
Capital city
London
Major Cities
| Belfast Birmingham Cardiff Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds | Lerwick Liverpool Manchester Newcastle Wick |
Cities, towns and villages
| Aberdeen Ayr Bath Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Cambridge Carlisle Chester Coventry Dover Dumfries Dundee Exeter Fort William Greenock Inverness Ipswich Kingston upon Hull Kirkwall Leicester | Lisburn Londonderry Luton Middlesbrough Norwich Nottingham Omagh Oxford Penzance Perth Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Scarborough Sheffield Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke Sunderland Swansea York |
Lakes, rivers and creeks
| Bristol Channel Caledonian Canal English Channel Inner Seas Irish Sea Ness North Atlantic Ocean | Norwegian Sea North Sea Oich Severn Thames Trent |
Northern Europe
