Can Cornwall be called an island as the River Tamar goes from coast to coast across its border with Devon?
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No it's not an island, it's still part of England.
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I found this on the net...take it for what it's worth:\n\n"The smallest island in the world - according to the Guiness Book of Records - is Bishop Rock. It lies at the most south-westerly part of the United Kingdom. It is one of 1040 islands around Britain and only has a lighthouse on it. In 1861, the British government set out the parameters for classifying an island. It was decided that if it was inhabited, the size was immaterial. However, if it was uninhabited, it had to be "the summer's pasturage of at least one sheep" - which is about two acres.\n\nGoing by the above parameters, most of the 179 584 "islands" around Finland and the almost 200 000 around Canada would not match Indonesia as the country with the most islands. In fact, Indonesia consists only of islands - 13 667 of them, 6000 of which are inhabited."
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Port Isaac. i live in Cornwall and its a  very sleepy tiny little fishing village. Laurence LLywellyn-Bowen has a cottage there and his wife Jackie has a shop overlooking the beach selling crafty type things for woman...
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A peninsula (from Latin "paene insula", almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides.\n\nA peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory, bill, point, or spit.
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The United Kingdom is composed of Great Britain and Northern Island. \n\nGreat Britain is the island land mass that includes England, Scotland and Wales, all of which were once separate nations. England comprises the southern and middle part of the Island of Great Britain, with the exception of Wales in the southwest. The northern part of the island is comprised of Scotland.\n\nNorthern Island, is, well, the northern part of the island of Ireland and is part of the United Kingdom. The southern part is the Republic of Ireland.\n\nIt's called the United Kingdom because it is the union of the formerly separate kingdoms of England, Scotland, the principality of Wales and part of Ireland.  The crowns of England and Scotland were united following the death of Elizabeth I when her nephew King James of Scotland also became king of England. The crowns have been united ever since. Wales was conquered by England long before that and the English had exercised over lordship of Ireland off and on for centuries until the southern portion managed to break away and form its own country.\n\nContrary to some of the answers above, Britain's overseas territories (such as the Falklands and Bermuda) are not technically part of the land of Britain, though their people are British subjects. Those places are considered part of Britain's "territories and possessions"
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When I was on holiday this summer in Scotland I went to the Island of Muck (I may have spelt that wrong if so Sorry) it is on the west coast.  It was the hottest day in record in Scotland 30C.  We went to a beautiful white sand beach where we found a number of cows some of which were a paddling in the sea with us. Very odd. So, yes I do believe they like to be beside the seaside, in the sea.\nThanks
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Florida has the longest general coastline.  Maine has the longest tidal coastline which includes islands, creeks, rivers, etc.  \n\nFrom the perspective of what we think of as the coastline, it would have to be Florida.
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Devon                                                       a large shire county in the South Western peninsula of the United Kingdom
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Depends where the estuary is. They will be found all round the world where rivers meet the sea.......
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Yes, Scotland is a country.\nEngland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are 4 countries that together make the U.K.\nEngland, Scotland and Wales together are Great Britain.\nEngland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland together are the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland',\nU.K. for short.\nEngland and wales joined governments around 1300AD and used one flag, the English flag of Saint George (central red cross on white background).\nScotland and the whole of Ireland joined with England and Wales around 1500AD and they made the Union Jack (Ship Flag) in the 1600's.\nThe 3 flags of England, Scotland and the old flag for the whole of Ireland, place on top of one another make the Union Jack/ U.K. flag of red, white and blue.\nIt is called a Union 'Jack' because a Jack is a name used for a flag displayed on a ship at sea. The flag on the land was called the Union Flag but people in the past liked the sound of Union Jack and so the U.K. government passed a law so it could be called a Jack on the land as well as at sea.\nNOTE - the dates i provided are not exact, just from memory.\n\nFlags -\nEngland, Flag of Saint George. White with central red cross.\nScotland, Flag of Saint David. Blue with diagonal white cross.\nIreland, Saint Patrick. White with diagonal red cross.\nU.K. - Union Flag/ Jack. Combination of the above 3 flags, red white and blue.
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I'll start by saying I'm Irish.\n\nThe link to the map I have given shows that Ireland is an island separate from Britain and not part of it. \n\nThe Republic of Ireland (the larger part of Ireland)see the map, is also politically separate.\n\nThe Northern part (The six Counties of Northern Ireland) is governed by the UK (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) \n\nGreat Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales, and some small islands e.g. The Isle of Man, the Isles of Scilly and Shetland). \n\nThe confusion arises from the terminology that the British use.  This is someway explained at the second site
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As has been said, all overseas departments (départements d'outre-mer) of France are intergral parts of the French Republic and thus are all parts of the European Union (and all use the euro as their official currencies). \nThe British Virgin Islands are not part of the EU, nor is any overseas territory of the United Kingdom including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man with the exception of Gibraltar, which is part of the European Union.\nGreenland is not part of the European Union. It withdrew in 1985 from the then European Community when it gained home rule from Denmark.
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For this to happen, other land masses considered as islands would have to be recategorized as continents as well.  Greenland in particular, being the largest body of land referred to as an island in the world.  This would be akin to changing the length of an inch, the volume of a liter, or the span of a minute.
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Great Britain is the Island on which the country of England is found, as well as Scotland and Wales.  These three countries, along with Ulster on the island of Ireland, are all part of the nation called The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, also known as the U.K. or the British Kingdom for short. The term "British Isles" refers to the islands of Great Britian and Ireland and all of the smaller islands surrounding these two.  Ireland is a separate country from the U.K.\n\nOkay, I think I've about exhausted this subject.
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Olny if it's an island in the sun. . .
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Wales might be a good comparison or perhaps eire ( ireland )
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Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France\n\nmostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast\n\narea:\ntotal: 244,820 sq km\nland: 241,590 sq km\nwater: 3,230 sq km\nnote: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands\n\ntemperate climate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast\n\nlies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and now linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters