Bodies of Water Surrounding the United Kingdom

The UK is an island nation bordered by:

• North Sea (east)
• English Channel (south, separates from France)
• Celtic Sea (southwest, off Cornwall/Wales)
• Irish Sea (west, separates from Ireland)
• North Atlantic Ocean (north & west of Scotland/N. Ireland)

Additionally: Strait of Dover (Channel's narrowest), St. George's Channel (Irish Sea south), North Channel (Irish Sea north), Minch (Scotland's Inner/Outer Hebrides), Sea of the Hebrides. All are marginal seas of the Atlantic.