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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.
The location of Guernsey An enlargeable map of the Bailiwick of Guernsey Enlargeable, detailed map of Guernsey and nearby islands. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Guernsey: The Bailiwick of Guernsey – British Crown dependency located in the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy. [1]
The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey; Guernésiais: Bailliage dé Guernési) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, comprising several of the Channel Islands. It has a total land area of 78 square kilometres (30 sq mi) and an estimated total population of 67,334.
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.
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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 includes the Bailiwick of Guernsey , the Bailiwick of Jersey and Chausey .
Alderney shares its prehistory with the other islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey; it became an island in the Neolithic period as the waters of the English Channel rose. . Formerly rich in dolmens, like the other Channel Islands, Alderney with its heritage of megaliths has suffered through the large-scale military constructions of the 19th century and also by the Germans during the World War ...
The Herm Island map, published by the tenant of Herm, states that main place names, including the island name itself, have unclear origins, although there is an unofficial Anglicisation of names; for example, La Pointe du gentilhomme was changed to Alderney Point. [32] The primary present language on Herm is English.