British Isles British Isles The British Isles are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consists of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles. They have a total area of about 315,159 km and a combined population of just under 70 million, and include two sovereign states, the Republic of Ireland (which covers roughly five-sixths of the island of Ireland) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The islands of Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey and Sark, and their neighbouring smaller islands, are sometimes
Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles was coined as an ironic contrast to the designation "Munro", which is homophonous with "(Marilyn) Monroe". The Marilyns are one of the most popular lists for peak baggers. The Marilyns were expanded in 2007 by the HuMPs (Hundred and upwards Metre Prominence) which reduces the prominence requirement to . Therefore, all British Isles Marilyns are British Isles HuMPS (but not vice versa). The list was compiled by Mark Jackson from a number of sources and published online in 2010 in "More Relative Hills of Britain". There are 2,986 HuMPs in the British Isles: 2,168 in Scotland, 833 in Ireland, 444