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The UK is an island state. The two main islands are Great Britain (where England, Scotland and Wales are situated) and Ireland (where Northern Ireland and the independent Irish Republic are situated). The two islands are separated by the Irish Sea. The UK is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the north and the North Sea in the east.

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The independent Irish Republic is situated …

1. in Northern Ireland
2. on the smaller of the two biggest islands of the British Isles