Great Britain is the largest island in the British Isles. There are quite a few[1] smaller ones. Great Britain contains parts of England, Scotland, and Wales. T

Great Britain is the largest island in the British Isles. There are quite a few[1] smaller ones. Great Britain contains parts of England, Scotland, and Wales. The isle of Ireland is the second largest (and second most populous) and contains parts of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK) contains the countries England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The British Isles also contain the Isle of Man, Gurnsey, and Jersey which are not part of any of the countries in the UK, but are instead Crown Dependencies[2]. Those are neither sovereign states nor members of the UK. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Dependencies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Dependencies