Comments on: How Rising Seas Will Reshape the British Isles: A Tale of Three Coastlines https://vividmaps.com/how-rising-seas-will-reshape-the-british-isles/ Maps that explain the World Sun, 07 Sep 2025 18:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex https://vividmaps.com/how-rising-seas-will-reshape-the-british-isles/#comment-36996 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 18:48:30 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=38671#comment-36996 In reply to MJD.

You’re right, Ireland is an island in the British Isles archipelago. In my opinion, the most successful visualization explaining what the British Isles are is this map: https://vividmaps.com/british-isles/

]]> By: MJD https://vividmaps.com/how-rising-seas-will-reshape-the-british-isles/#comment-36981 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:51:55 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=38671#comment-36981 Ireland is a British Isle, this a geographical designation, not a political one. Ireland is not part of Great Britain or the United Kingdom, these are political designations and have meanings of Sovreignty that the term British Isles does not have.

]]> By: johnstonbrian@live.co.uk https://vividmaps.com/how-rising-seas-will-reshape-the-british-isles/#comment-34484 Tue, 20 May 2025 13:59:57 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=38671#comment-34484 Gladly, Europe is further away and underwater.

]]> By: Gordon https://vividmaps.com/how-rising-seas-will-reshape-the-british-isles/#comment-34460 Mon, 19 May 2025 08:15:49 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=38671#comment-34460 In reply to hugh sheehy.

Northern Ireland is.

]]> By: hugh sheehy https://vividmaps.com/how-rising-seas-will-reshape-the-british-isles/#comment-31060 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 18:54:07 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=38671#comment-31060 Ireland is not a British isle.

Calling Ireland a British isle is about the same as calling Ukraine “Greater Russia”. No. Just no.

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