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The Channel Islands [note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands.
Just before midnight on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, a tornado impacted the Isle of Jersey in the Channel Islands, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom. [1] Associated with powerful extratropical cyclone Storm Ciaran, the tornado was subsequently rated T6 on the TORRO scale or IF3 on the International Fujita Scale, which is broadly analogous to the Enhanced Fujita Scale commonly used in ...
Although Jersey was part of the Roman world, there is a lack of evidence to give a better understanding of the island during the Gallo-Roman and early Middle Ages. The tradition is that the island was called Caesarea by the Romans [1] as laid down in the Antonine Itinerary, however this is disputed by some, who claim Caesarea, Sarnia and Riduna are the Scilly Isles off the southwestern tip of ...
The great storm of 1987 was a violent extratropical cyclone that occurred on the night of 15–16 October, with hurricane-force winds causing casualties in the United Kingdom, France, and the Channel Islands as a severe depression in the Bay of Biscay moved northeast.
The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of France. The largest island is Jersey, followed by Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and a number of smaller islands, islets and rocky outcrops. The islands were separated from mainland Europe with rising sea levels in the Neolithic period; thereafter maritime activity commenced. The Channel ...
On 19 June 1944, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress F "Idiot's Delight" (serial: 42-30301) was hit by Flak from Alderney and ditched in the sea. [40] On 20 June 1944, a Heinkel He 111 crashed in flames at Samarès Jersey. [5] On 21 June 1944 a German bomber was hit by flak from a St Peter Port flak ship and crashed, the crew of 5 all died.
Entry is free to Channel Islands National Park, but visitors without boats will need to pay for the third-party ferry. One-way fares between the mainland and islands starts at $31.50 for ...
History of the Channel Islands — the islands that are U.K. dependent territories in the English Channel, off the coast of Normandy. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.