Map of United Kingdom
Open United Kingdom on the map — framed on the country itself, not on every far-off island it holds — and look at it by population density, by the historical maps of its region, or with the open data below.
Facts
As the source states them, in the source’s own words.
| Capital | London |
|---|---|
| Area | 242,900 km² |
| Currency | GBP (British pound) |
| Languages | English |
Source: mledoze/countries, IANA Time Zone Database, Natural Earth admin-0. Licence: ODbL 1.0, public domain.
Historical maps
IntMap’s historical maps of the regions this outline lies in, on every date the map draws them. A region is a frame on the map, not a statement that United Kingdom existed then: the names on each map are the ones the historical records give.
Dated events in this outline
Events of IntMap’s war record dated to a place inside today’s outline of United Kingdom. Each links to the page of its calendar day, which opens the map on that day.
- 1914
The raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby — German battlecruisers shell three English towns
World War I · IntMap’s war record
16 December → - 1915
The Zeppelin raids on Britain — the first bombing of civilians from the air, over three and a half years
World War I · IntMap’s war record
19 January → - 1916
The Sykes–Picot agreement — Britain and France divide the Ottoman Arab provinces between them in secret
World War I · IntMap’s war record
16 May → - 1917
The Gotha daylight raids — bombers replace the airships and London is hit in broad daylight
World War I · IntMap’s war record
25 May → - 1917
The Balfour Declaration — Britain declares itself in favour of a Jewish national home in Palestine
World War I · IntMap’s war record
2 November → - 1939
Britain and France declare war on Germany two days after the invasion of Poland
World War II · IntMap’s war record
3 September → - 1939
The Battle of the Atlantic — the longest campaign of the war, and the one everything else depended on
World War II · IntMap’s war record
3 September → - 1940
- 1940
The Blitz — 57 consecutive nights of bombing, and eight months in all
World War II · IntMap’s war record
7 September → - 1940
- 1942
The Channel Dash — two battleships and a cruiser sail up the Channel in daylight and get through
World War II · IntMap’s war record
11 February → - 1944
The V-1 campaign — 6,184 people are killed in Britain by flying bombs launched from the Channel coast
World War II · IntMap’s war record
13 June → - 1944
The V-2 — the first ballistic missile in use kills 2,754 people in Britain and cannot be intercepted
World War II · IntMap’s war record
8 September →
Open data about United Kingdom
The datasets IntMap may share about United Kingdom, each under its own terms. The values are in one file: api/v1/countries/GBR.json
airports
Public domain, ODbL 1.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike
Credit: OurAirports, Country facts — mledoze/countries (capital, currency, languages, land borders, UN membership, demonym; ODbL 1.0, build time only)
country-facts
ODbL 1.0, public domain · Requires: credit · share-alike
Credit: mledoze/countries, IANA Time Zone Database, Natural Earth admin-0
health
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike · non-commercial
Credit: WHO Global Health Observatory — UHC service coverage index & IHR SPAR (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO), World Bank Open Data
language
public domain, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit
Credit: CIA World Factbook, Language identity, genealogical classification and endangerment status — Glottolog (CC BY 4.0)
mobility
ODbL 1.0, public domain, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike
Credit: OpenFlights — airline route database (country-pair route counts for the pandemic simulator; snapshot of June 2014, no longer updated; ODbL 1.0), OurAirports, World Bank Open Data, Country facts — mledoze/countries (capital, currency, languages, land borders, UN membership, demonym; ODbL 1.0, build time only)
religion
public domain · Requires: nothing
What this page states
The outline, the name and the code are Natural Earth’s (admin-0, public domain), the set IntMap’s map draws countries from. The map opens on the frame the app’s country search uses for it: the country itself, not every far-off island it holds.
A historical map is listed when its region’s frame overlaps this outline. It is listed for the place, not for the country: the borders on it are what the historical records draw.
An event is listed when the point the war record gives it falls inside this outline — a fact about the point, not about which state held the place at the time.
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