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The sea areas are familiar to most Britons through the regular broadcast of the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4.

The areas in order, as given on the Shipping Forecast clockwise from the northeast, are:

• Viking
• North Utsire
• South Utsire
• Forties
• Cromarty
• Forth
• Tyne
• Dogger
• Fisher
• German Bight
• Humber
• Thames
• Dover
• Wight
• Portland
• Plymouth
• Biscay
• Trafalgar
• Fitzroy (previously Finisterre )
• Sole
• Lundy
• Fastnet
• Irish SeaThe Irish Sea separates the islands of Ireland and Britain. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by St George's Channel between Ireland and Wales in the south and by the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland in the north The Isle of Man lies in the
• ShannonThe River Shannon which divides Ireland into east ( Leinster) and west ( Connacht), has been an important waterway since antiquity. First mapped by Ptolemy, the 200 mile long river empties into the Atlantic Ocean in a western direction at Limerick, turnin
• RockallRockall is a small, rocky island in the North Atlantic but is probably better known as one of the British Sea Areas named in the Shipping Forecast broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Its status is disputed, being claimed by the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland,
• Malin
• HebridesThis article is about the Hebrides islands in Scotland. See also the New Hebrides for the islands constituting Vanuatu. The Hebrides are a spread-out and diverse group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, and in geological terms are composed of the
• Bailey
• Fair IsleFair Isle From Old Norse frioar-oy is an island administratively part of the Shetland Islands, although in fact closer to North Ronaldsay island which is part of the Orkney Islands group. It gives its name to one of the British Sea Areas. Fair Isle has be
• Faeroes
• Southeast IcelandThe Republic of Iceland is an island nation in the northern Atlantic Ocean, located between Greenland and Scotland, northwest of the Faroe Islands. Lydveldid Island ( In Detail) (Full size) National motto: none Official languageNone. Icelandic de facto''.

A map (Met Office) can be found here: [1]

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