Scotland is a country that is part of the United
Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain,
mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154-kilometre) border with England to
the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the
north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and the Irish Sea to the
south. The country also contains more than 790 islands, principally in
the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles.
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