The Minquiers (Les Minquiers; in Jèrriais: Les Mîntchièrs pronunciation; known as "the Minkies" in local English) are a group of islands and rocks, about...
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the Bailiwick. The islands have no permanent inhabitants. The Minquiers (Les Minquiers) are situated 9 miles south of Jersey, and are administratively...
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uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose...
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country the Minquiers and Ecrehous belonged. The French fished in the waters, but Jersey exercised various administrative rights. In the Minquiers and Ecrehos...
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original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2012. Histoire des Minquiers et des Ecréhou, Robert Sinsoilliez, St Malo 1995, ISBN 2-905970-97-9 Jersey...
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Jersey (comprising the island of Jersey and uninhabited islets such as the Minquiers and Écréhous) and the Bailiwick of Guernsey (comprising the islands of...
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France v United Kingdom [1953] ICJ 3 (also called the Minquiers and Ecrehos Case) was an International Court of Justice case concerning sovereignty over...
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Channel Islands or Crown Dependencies Brecqhou Jethou Lihou Écréhous Minquiers Les Dirouilles Pierres de Lecq Casquets Renonquet Caquorobert Crevichon...
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Settlement — Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland Southernmost Point — Les Minquiers Reef, Jersey, Channel Islands Southernmost Settlement — Saint Clement...
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the Duchy of Normandy annexed the Channel Islands including Chausey, Minquiers and Ecrehous. In 1022, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, gave Chausey and...
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Kahoolawe Island Kerguelen Islands Kingman Reef Little Colonsay Mborokua Minquiers and Ecréhous Melville Island Monomoy Island Perejil Island Pheasant Island...
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resistance in Czechoslovakia were mopped up by this date. The garrison on Minquiers, one of the Channel Islands occupied by the Germans, surrendered on 23...
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around the islands, and some islands such as Burhou, the Écréhous, and the Minquiers have been designated Ramsar sites. The waters around the islands include...
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Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013. Minquiers and Ecrehos, France v. U.K., Judgment, 1953 I.C.J. 47 (Nov. 17) Hubbard...
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Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice: Minquiers and Ecrehos Case Judgment of 17 November 1953 Ostrogorsky, George (1969)...
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vingtaines, with Saint Ouen being the exception which uses cueillettes. Minquiers Saint Aubin La Motte Saint Helier Marina Bonne Nuit Écréhous Gorey Pierres...
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Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice: Minquiers and Ecrehos Case Judgment of 17 November 1953 Hersch Lauterpacht, Volume...
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Fighting against the Georgian Legion Germany A small company of soldiers on Minquiers reef 80? N/A May 23 May 23 Croatia Remnants of Croatian forces, in Odžak...
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from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015. "Les Minquiers, Jersey". Ramsar. "Les Écrehous & Les Dirouilles, Jersey". Ramsar. "Les...
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portion of the main island of the Bailiwick of Jersey, as well as the Minquiers islets several miles to the south, and is dominated by the broad sweep...
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Leighton Moss 129 320 Les Écréhous & Les Dirouilles, Jersey 5,459 13,490 Les Minquiers, Jersey 9,575 23,660 Les Pierres de Lecq 512 1,270 Lewis Peatlands 58...
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Granville fishing boat, the 9.3m Les Marquises, in the vicinity of the Minquiers reef south of Jersey while en route from St Malo in foggy conditions....
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7 km) wide. Les Minquiers 9 miles (14 km) S of Jersey, its largest island is only 50 metres by 20 metres, but at low water, Les Minquiers has a land area...
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from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2012. Histoire des Minquiers et des Ecréhou, Robert Sinsoilliez, St Malo 1995, ISBN 2-905970-97-9 "Article...
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the island of Jersey and uninhabited islets such as the Écréhous and Minquiers. Each Bailiwick is a Crown dependency and each is headed by a Bailiff...
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insists on grounding it in shallow water in the dangerous region of the Minquiers. When the two reach land, Sands learns that the survivors among the crew...
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Jersey, which also consists of islet groups known as Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, Les Dirouilles and Les Pierres de Lecq. It is a highly densely populated...
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Vingtaine de Longueville La Vingtaine de la Rocque (includes the uninhabited Minquiers) La Vingtaine de Noirmont La Vingtaine du Coin La Vingtaine des Quennevais...
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22 July 1952. Minquiers and Ecrehos Case. Special Agreement Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. 5 December 1951. Minquiers and Ecrehos Case...
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stay. The next day, bits of the wreckage of the yacht were found at the Minquiers reefs, along with the bodies of the two passengers. Gaillard's body was...
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