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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.
The Crown Dependencies [c] are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.
Toggle Uninhabited islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey subsection. 2.1 Islets around Alderney. 2.2 Islets around Sark. 2.3 Islets around Herm. ... Jersey 49°12′36 ...
Jersey is a distinct jurisdiction for the purposes of conflict of laws, separate from the other Channel Islands, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. [71] Jersey law has been influenced by several different legal traditions, in particular Norman customary law, English common law and modern French civil law. [72]
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a separate jurisdiction in itself and is, in turn, also three separate sub-jurisdictions. It does not form part of, and is separate from (but is not independent of, or from) the United Kingdom. [17] The two Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey together make up the Channel Islands.
2 Lighthouses in the Bailiwick of Jersey. 3 See also. 4 References. ... Guernsey 49°28′17″N 2°29′18″W ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Detailed map of Guernsey and nearby islands. Situated in Mont Saint-Michel Bay at around , Guernsey, Herm and some other smaller islands together have a total area of 71 square kilometres (27 sq mi) and coastlines of about 46 kilometres (29 mi). Elevation varies from sea level to 110 m (360 ft) at Hautnez on Guernsey.
Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is the largest of the Channel Islands, an island archipelago in the St. Malo bight [2] in the western English Channel. It has a total area of 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi) and is part of the British Isles archipelago.