Match 249 DB Rec# - 7,701 Dataset-WOFACT Title :United Kingdom
Text : United Kingdom Geography Location: 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 Map references: Europe Area: total area:
244,820 sq km land area: 241,590 sq km comparative area:
slightly smaller than Oregon note: includes Rockall and Shetland
Islands Land boundaries: total 360 km, Ireland 360 km Coastline:
12,429 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: as defined in
continental shelf orders or in accordance with agreed upon
boundaries exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
International disputes: Northern Ireland question with Ireland;
Gibraltar question with Spain; Argentina claims Falkland Islands
(Islas Malvinas); Argentina claims South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands; Mauritius claims island of Diego Garcia in
British Indian Ocean Territory; Rockall continental shelf
dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and Ir