Manual of Modern Geography

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BRITISH ISLANDS. The British Islands form a group which lies off the northwest coast of Europe, and consists of the two principal islands of Great Britain and Ireland, together with a large number of smaller islands. The group extends over nearly 11 of latitude?from Lizard Point to the extreme north of...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BRITISH ISLANDS. The British Islands form a group which lies off the northwest coast of Europe, and consists of the two principal islands of Great Britain and Ireland, together with a large number of smaller islands. The group extends over nearly 11 of latitude?from Lizard Point to the extreme north of the Shetlands?and more than 12 of longitude. The total area is about 120,000 square miles, of which Great Britain occupies about 88,000 square miles. Great Britain comprises England and Wales in the south, and Scotland in the north. ENGLAND AND WALES. PHYSICAL CHARACTER. Boundaries And Extent.?England, under which title we also include Wales, is bounded on the north by Scotland, from which it is separated by the Cheviot Hills and the river Tweed; on the east by the German Ocean; on the south by the English Channel; and on the west by St. George's Channel and the Irish Sea. Its length, from the town of Berwick to St. Alban's Head, is 365 miles; its breadth, from St. David's Head to the Naze in Essex, is 280 miles, and its total area 58,000 square miles, of which Wales occupies about 7400 square miles. The most northern point in England is near the town of Berwick, lat. 55 46'; the most southern point is the Lizard, lat. 49 58'; Lowestoft Ness, in Suffolk, the most easterly point, is in longitude 1 46' east; and Lands End, the most westerly point, is 5 42' west longitude. The distance from Dover to Cape Griz Nez, the nearest point on the coast of France, is less than 20 miles, and the distance from St. David's Head to the nearest point on the Irish coast, is about 53 miles. Coast-line.?The shape of England and Wales, taken generally, is triangular, the three sides of the triangle being formed by the east, south, and west coasts respectively. The shores, however, ...