Scotland. Artwork depicting the land cover and geography of Scotland, showing forests, fields, cities and highland and mountain areas. There are more than 790 islands around Scotland's coastline, including the Hebrides (left) and the Northern Isles (Shetland and Orkney, upper right). The two main cities are Edinburgh and Glasgow. Scotland forms the northern part of the United Kingdom, with the border with England at lower right. It has a land area of around 78,000 square kilometres.