The Isles of Scilly (SIL-ee; Standard Written Form: Syllan, Enesek Syllan, or Enesow Syllan) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. One of the islands, St Agnes, is over four miles (six kilometres) further south than the most southerly point of the British mainland at Lizard Point, and has the southernmost inhabited settlement in England, Troy Town.
Location | 45 km (28 mi) southwest of the Cornish peninsula |
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Coordinates | 49°56′10″N 6°19′22″W
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Total islands | 5 inhabited, 140 others
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Area | 16.37 km (6.32 sq mi) (314th)
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Population | 2,242 (mid-2018 est. · 317th)
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Pop. density | 139 /km (360 /sq mi)
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