That would be Iceland.
That would be Iceland.
Ireland is the smallest country in the British Isles.
Ireland, a European country, shares a border with Northern Ireland, and Northern Ireland is part of the British Isles - so Ireland is the nearest European country. The next one would be France, which is on the other side of the English Channel.
Golf was invented in St.Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Some would argue that it is Scottish and British, as Scotland is part of the British Isles. However, most would say that it is Scottish as it is in fact a country also.
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I can't find Connamona in my UK gazetteer. However, it sounds like an Irish place name and if it is, it would be within the geographical area of the British Isles.
You would be on the English Channel - which is 22 miles wide at its narrowest point.
The British Isles are not by a river, but by a number of seas and one ocean,the atlantic. The most famous river in the islands would be the Thames.
It's not a common swimming distance; to walk around the British mainland coast is around 9,500 miles. But the British Isles includes Eire, the Channel Isles and the Isles of Scilly, so I would imagine around 15-20,000 miles. To put it into context, this is roughly equivalant to swimming the Atlantic both ways.
It is the Hebrides, comprising hundreds of islands off the northwest coast of Scotland. There are no such collection of islands off the northwest coast of England.
The Engilsh channel