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Great Britain and its dependencies are among the quirkiest areas of the world, as revealed in this unique atlas of Britain's geographical curiosities, the first of its kind.
Compiled by an acclaimed author and geographer, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Atlas describes (among many other things) a British county that does not exist, Britain's very own desert, rainforests and 'Great
Barrier Reef', royal duchies that exist only on paper, Britain's smallest city and town, the world's narrowest street (in Devon), a remote island that still adheres to the Gregorian calendar, a hotel situated right in the geographical centre of Britain, the world's longest toponym (in Wales), the last remaining markers of the England-Scotland border, a small London lane that is part of
Cambridgeshire, a patch of US territory near Windsor ...
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By Vitali Vitaliev
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Great Britain and its dependencies are among the quirkiest areas of the world, as revealed in this unique atlas of Britain’s geographical curiosities, the first of its kind.
Compiled by an acclaimed author and geographer, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Atlas describes (among many other things) a British county that does not exist, Britain’s very own desert, rainforests and ‘Great
Barrier Reef’, royal duchies that exist only on paper, Britain’s smallest city and town, the world’s narrowest street (in Devon), a remote island that still adheres to the Gregorian calendar, a hotel situated right in the geographical centre of Britain, the world’s longest toponym (in Wales), the last remaining markers of the England–Scotland border, a small London lane that is part of
Cambridgeshire, a patch of US territory near Windsor ...
