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Geography

Scotland occupies approximatly the northern third of mainland Great Britain. This includes the surrounding islands, the Hebrides and the Orkney and Shetland Islands. The Capital, Edinburgh is approsimatly the same latitude as Moscow and Copenhagen. The far North of Scotland is the same level as Stockholm.

Scotland has a surface area of 30,344 sq miles or 78,720 sq km. This makes up 34% of the area of Great Britain.