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MODIS - Great Britain - 2012-06-04 during heat wave (cropped)
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The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland.

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Great Britain

United Kingdom

Area
209,331 km²
Location
United Kingdom
9th largest island in the world

Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world.

From the “Demographics” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center) · Public Domain