Borders of the United Kingdom

Political boundaries between the United Kingdom and neighboring territories

The following is a list of maritime and land borders of the UK and its overseas territories:

Country or territory
(Territories without full sovereignty[1] in italics) | No. of land border neighbours  | No. of maritime boundary neighbours  | Total no. of unique neighbours  | Neighbouring countries and territories
(Territories without full sovereignty[1] in italics)
(L) = share only land borders
(M) = share only maritime boundaries
blank = share land borders and maritime boundaries

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United Kingdom[2] | 1 [3] | 8  | 8  |  Belgium (M)
Denmark (M)
France France–UK border (M)
Germany (M)
Ireland \- Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border
Netherlands (M)
Norway (M)
Faroe Islands[4](Denmark) (M)
United Kingdom (plus British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
→including:
→ Akrotiri and Dhekelia
→ Anguilla
→ Bermuda
→ British Indian Ocean Territory
→ British Virgin Islands
→ Cayman Islands
→ Falkland Islands
→ Gibraltar
→ Guernsey
→ Isle of Man
→ Jersey
→ Montserrat
→ Pitcairn Islands
→ Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
→ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
→ Turks and Caicos Islands | 4  | 29  | 30  |  Antigua and Barbuda (M)
Argentina (M)
Bahamas (M)
Belgium (M)
Colombia (M)
Cuba (M)
Cyprus
Denmark (M)
Dominican Republic (M)
Egypt (M)
France (M)
Germany (M)
Haiti (M)
Honduras (M)
Ireland
Jamaica (M)
Lebanon (M)
Maldives (M)
Morocco (M)
Netherlands (M)
Norway (M)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (M)
Spain
Venezuela (M)
Faroe Islands[4](Denmark) (M)
French Polynesia[5](France) (M)
Puerto Rico[6](United States) (M)
Saint Martin[5](France) (M)
Northern Cyprus (L)

> (M)
and United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus

British Antarctic Territory | 7  |  | 7  |  Ross Dependency (L)
Adélie Land (L)
Australian Antarctic Territory (L)
Queen Maud Land
Marie Byrd Land (Terra nullius) (L)
Territorial claims not recognised by the UK:
Chilean Antarctic Territory
Argentine Antarctica

## References

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1. ^ a b The concept of state sovereignty is somewhat imprecise and there are disagreements about whether certain territories are sovereign. There are currently 195 states that are generally regarded as "fully" sovereign: this includes the 193 member states of the United Nations plus the observer states of Vatican City and the State of Palestine. Some of these states have under their jurisdiction territories, dependencies, or collectivities that are clearly non-sovereign geographical areas. These territories are generally regarded as being subsumed within the overarching sovereignty of the governing state. For example, the United Kingdom holds sovereignty over the territory of Gibraltar, even though Gibraltar is not considered to be part of the United Kingdom. There are a few territories in the world that are neither clearly sovereign nor clearly subsumed under another state's sovereignty. Often, these territories have declared themselves to be sovereign, but they are either not widely recognized as such or lack some of the necessary conditions for sovereign statehood. In these cases, explanatory footnotes indicate how the territory is treated for the purposes of this list.
2. ^ The United Kingdom does not include British Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies.
3. ^ The World Factbook
4. ^ a b This territory is not sovereign, but is a country within the Kingdom of Denmark. For purposes of this list, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.
5. ^ a b This territory is not sovereign, but is an overseas collectivity of France, and as such it is part of the sovereign territory of France.
6. ^ This territory is not sovereign, but is an insular area of the United States. U.S. territories are considered to be part of the sovereign territory of the United States.

## See also

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* Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border
* Gibraltar–Spain border
* Borders of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

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Borders of the United Kingdom and its Overseas Territories

United Kingdom|

* International land and maritime boundaries: Ireland
* Metropolitan France (English Channel)
* Calais barrier
* Maritime boundaries:
* Denmark
* Netherlands
* Belgium
* Germany
* Norway
* Internal boundaries: England–Scotland
* England–Wales
* Irish Sea border

British Overseas Territories|

* Land and maritime boundaries: Cyprus
* Spain
* Maritime boundaries: Bahamas
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Caribbean France
* Pacific France
* Honduras
* Haiti
* Jamaica
* Caribbean Netherlands
* United States
* Venezuela

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Borders of Europe

Sovereign states|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
*   * Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

States with limited
recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Kosovo
* Northern Cyprus
* South Ossetia
* Transnistria

Dependencies and
other entities|

* Åland
* Faroe Islands
* Gibraltar
* Guernsey
* Isle of Man
* Jersey
* Svalbard

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