History of Islands of the North Atlantic

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Islands of the North Atlantic (IONA) was suggested by Sir John Biggs Davison as a less contentious alternative to the term "British Isles" to refer to Britain and Ireland (as well as the smaller associated islands).

It has been used particularly in the context of the Northern Irish peace process as a neutral description of the those islands.

Islands of the North Atlantic (IONA) was suggested by Sir John Biggs Davison as a less contentious alternative to the term "British Isles" to refer to Britain and Ireland and the smaller associated islands.
It has been used particularly in the context of the Northern Irish peace process as a neutral description of the those islands.

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However, it has the problem that Iceland and Newfoundland, to name just two, are also islands of the North Atlantic.

	Revision 5 . . November 20, 2001 7:42 am by Zundark [restoring Michael Tinkler's point, in different words]
	Revision 4 . . (edit) November 20, 2001 7:20 am by Zundark [add link]
	Revision 3 . . November 20, 2001 6:42 am by Eob [Moved MichaelTinkler discussion text to /Talk. ]
	Revision 2 . . November 20, 2001 6:13 am by MichaelTinkler [pointed out nomenclature inadequacy. None of the links mention that the Nordic islands exist.]
	Revision 1 . . November 20, 2001 5:23 am by Eob