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Geography and natural history The mainland of Scotland comprises the northern third of the land mass of the island of Great Britain, which lies off the north-west coast of Continental Europe. The total area is 78,772 km2 (30,414 sq mi), comparable to the size of the Czech Republic. Scotland's only land border is with England, and runs for 96 kilometres (60 mi) between the basin of the River Tweed on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. The Atlantic Ocean borders the west coast and the North Sea is to the east. The island of Ireland lies only 21 kilometres (13 mi) from the south-western peninsula of Kintyre; Norway is 305 kilometres (190 mi) to the east and the Faroes, 270 kilometres (168 mi) to the north. The territorial extent of Scotland is generally that  between  the 1266  Norway.  Man, which  century is  United  Shetland,  and  1482.  established by the 1237 Treaty of York Scotland and the Kingdom of England and Treaty of Perth between Scotland and Important exceptions include the Isle of having been lost to England in the 14th now a crown dependency outside of the Kingdom; the island groups Orkney and  which were acquired from Norway in 1472; Berwick­upon­Tweed, lost to England inThe geographical centre of Scotland lies a few miles  from the village of Newtonmore in Badenoch. Rising to  1,344 metres (4,409 ft) above sea level, Scotland's highest  point is the summit of Ben Nevis, in Lochaber, while  Scotland's longest river, the River Tay, flows for a distance of 190 kilometres (118 mi).