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This is a list of islands within the Channel Islands in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. This group of islands the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey and Chausey.

Further information: List of places in the Channel Islands

Inhabited islands

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Name Image Coordinates Population Area (hectares) Elevation (metres)
Alderney Edit this on Wikidata49°42′52″N 2°12′19″W2020 (Jan 2016)780[a]90
Sark Edit this on Wikidata49°25′59″N 2°21′39″W600 (2002)550[b]114[1]
Herm Edit this on Wikidata49°28′21″N 2°26′57″W60 (2002)200[c]66[2]
Guernsey Edit this on Wikidata49°27′21″N 2°34′39″W63276 (2019)6,340[d]110[3]
Jersey Edit this on Wikidata49°12′36″N 2°9′0″W105500[4][5][6] (Dec 2017)11,820[e]143
Grande-Île Edit this on Wikidata48°52′20″N 1°49′50″W304531

Islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey

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As well as the island of Guernsey itself, it also includes:[7]

Islets around Alderney

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Name Image Coordinates Area
Burhou[8] Edit this on Wikidata49°43′48″N 2°15′6″W13[f]
Ortac Edit this on Wikidata49°43′23″N 2°17′26″W
Les Casquets Edit this on Wikidata49°43′4″N 2°22′7″W
Houmet des Pies Edit this on Wikidata49°43′53″N 2°10′57″W[9]
Raz Island[10] Edit this on Wikidata49°43′6″N 2°10′3″W
L'Etac de la Quoiré[11] Edit this on Wikidata49°42′21″N 2°11′26″W[9]
Fort Clonque[12] Edit this on Wikidata49°42′50″N 2°13′59″W

Islets around Sark

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An aerial shot showing Herm (centre), Jethou to the right, Sark in the right background and Guernsey in the foreground

Islets around Herm

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Name Image Coordinates Area (ha)
Caquorobert Edit this on Wikidata49°28′0″N 2°27′0″W
Jethou[8] Edit this on Wikidata49°27′30″N 2°27′45″W18[g]
Crevichon[8] Edit this on Wikidata49°27′56″N 2°27′53″W3.0[h]
Grande Fauconnière[8] Edit this on Wikidata49°27′0″N 2°28′0″W[9]
Goubinuere Edit this on Wikidata49°27′0″N 2°27′0″W[9]

Islets around Guernsey

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Islands in the Bailiwick of Jersey

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La Motte
Icho and Icho Tower, centre distance
L'Île au Guerdain, low tide
Foreground: Île Agois; background: Les Pierres de Lecq
Le Long Êtchet

As well as the island of Jersey itself, the Bailiwick includes[7] the nearly uninhabited islands and islets of:

  • Les Minquiers[19]
    • Maîtresse Île / Maîtr' Île
    • Les Maisons
    • Le Niêsant
    • Les Faucheurs
    • La Haute Grune
  • Les Écréhous[20]
    • Maîtr'Île
    • La Marmotchiéthe
    • Lé Bliantch'Île
    • Les D'mies
    • La Grand' Naithe
    • L'Êtchièrviéthe
    • Lé Fou
    • La Froutchie
  • Les Dirouilles
  • Les Pierres de Lecq[21]
    • L'Êtchièrviéthe
    • La Rocque du Nord
    • L'Êtaîse or L'Êtaîthe
    • Lé Bel
    • Lé Longis
    • La P'tite Mathe
    • La Grôsse (Great Rock)
    • La Grand' Mathe
    • La Greune dé Lé, or La Bonnette
    • La Greune du Seur-Vouêt
    • L'Orange
    • La Vouêtaîse, La Vouêtaîthe, or La Vouêt'rêsse
    • La Cappe
    • La Douoche
    • Lé Byi
    • La Rocque Mollet
    • L'Êtché au Nord-Vouêt
    • La Galette
    • La Briarde
    • La Sprague
    • La Niêthole Jean Jean or Lé Gouoillot
  • Île Agois
  • La Motte (Green Island), a tidal island
  • L'Islet, site of Elizabeth Castle
  • L'Île au Guerdain, site of Janvrin's Tomb
  • Icho, site of Icho Tower
  • L'Avarison, site of Seymour Tower
  • La Rocque Ho
  • La Grosse Tête
  • Les Caînes[22]
  • Le Grand Caramé[22]
  • Le Petit Caramé[22]
  • Le Fara[22]
  • Les Rotchettes[22]
  • L'Île au Prêtre[22]
  • Le Cormoran[22]
  • Le Cheval Guillaume[22]
  • Lé Long Êtchet
  • L'Étacquerel[22]
  • La Froutchie
  • L'Île Pèrchie
  • Hèrquantîn
  • other unnamed rocks and reefs

Calling the above-named entities "Islands" is a very generous representation. Most are no more than uninhabitable rocks jutting out of the sea. Les Écréhous are habitable; the rest would require a hardy individual to even attempt habitation.

Notes

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  1. ^ Value calculated by converting 7.8 km2 into ha.
  2. ^ Value calculated by converting 5.5 km2 into ha.
  3. ^ Value calculated by converting 2 km2 into ha.
  4. ^ Value calculated by converting 63.4 km2 into ha.
  5. ^ Value calculated by converting 118.2 km2 into ha.
  6. ^ Value calculated by converting 0.13 km2 into ha.
  7. ^ Value calculated by converting 44 acres into ha.
  8. ^ Value calculated by converting 0.03 km2 into ha.

References

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  1. ^ "Island Life".
  2. ^ "Hill Bagging".
  3. ^ "Topographic maps".
  4. ^ http://www.gov.je/Government/JerseyInFigures/Population/Pages/Population.aspx
  5. ^ "Population Estimate Current" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Total population, annual change, natural growth, net migration per year".
  7. ^ a b c Coysh, Victor (1985). Channel Islets. Guernsey: Guernsey Press. ISBN 0902550128.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Gull Breeding Sites in the Bailiwick of Guernsey". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d Geographic Names Server, Wikidata Q1194038
  10. ^ "Fort Ile de Raz". Visit Alderney. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Region 8. Longis Bay and Essex Hill to Bluestone Bay;". Flora.org.gg. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Fort Clonque". The Landmark Trust. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Les Burons, Sark". Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Les Autelets, Sark". Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey about 1883, Pierre-Auguste Renoir".
  16. ^ "2009 Liberation Grosse Rocque flag raised". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Flashy Concrete Repair". Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  18. ^ "MV Prosperity Memorial". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Les Minquiers, Jersey". Ramsar.
  20. ^ "Les Écrehous & Les Dirouilles, Jersey". Ramsar.
  21. ^ "Les Pierres de Lecq". Ramsar.
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i Stevens, Arthur & Stevens (1986). Jersey Place Names. Jersey. ISBN 0-901897-17-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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