But Britain retains a collection of island territories across the world, each with its own history, traditions and customs. Some of these islands remain a thorny diplomatic issue such as Gibraltar.

It’s also a natural process happening more frequently because of human-caused climate change, said British Antarctic Survey ...

The British Virgin Islands consists of four main islands: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke. The entire BVI archipelago consists of more than 15 inhabited islands and dozens of ...