Geographically England includes the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus such offshore islands as the Isle of Wight and the Isles of Scilly. It is bordered by two other countries of the United Kingdom to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales. England is closer to the European continent than any other part of mainland Britain. It is separated from France by a 34 kilometers sea gap, though the two countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel nearFolkestone.England also has shores on the Irish Sea, North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.