The country, which is the administrative and political part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It occupies the northern part of the island of Great Britain, bordered by land with England. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by seas: the North Sea in the east, the North Channel and Irish Sea to the west and southwest. In addition to the area on the main island of the British Scotland also owns about 790 small islands, most of which are uninhabited