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Gulf of Saint-Malo

Coordinates: 49°00′N 02°30′W / 49.000°N 2.500°W / 49.000; -2.500
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Gulf of Saint-Malo
Gulf of Saint-Malo is located in English Channel
Gulf of Saint-Malo
Gulf of Saint-Malo
LocationEnglish Channel
Coordinates49°02′07″N 2°07′54″W / 49.03528°N 2.13167°W / 49.03528; -2.13167
TypeGulf
Basin countries France
 Guernsey[note 1]
 Jersey[note 1]

The Gulf of Saint-Malo is a part of the south-western English Channel between Brittany, Normandy, and the Channel Islands.

Formed by subsidence and flooding of a continental zone of about 8 500 km2, it extends from the Bréhat archipelago in the west to Guernsey and Alderney in the north and to the west coast of Cotentin (Normandy) in the east.

Geography

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Islands

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In addition to Bréhat and its archipelago, the Channel Islands Jersey and Guernsey (and the latter's dependencies Alderney and Sark), the Chausey archipelago is situated in the centre.

Towns

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From west to north-east:

Rivers

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Several rivers flow into the Gulf of Saint Malo: the Rance estuary is between Dinard et Saint-Malo ; the Sélune and the Sée form a common estuary in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ; the Couesnon enters the sea in by Mont-Saint-Michel. The mouths of the Thar, the Sienne and the Gerfleur are on the Cotentin coast.

Environment

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Dependency of the British Crown, not part of the United Kingdom but not a sovereign state.

References

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49°00′N 02°30′W / 49.000°N 2.500°W / 49.000; -2.500