Les Casquets or (The) Casquets (/kæsˈkɛts/ kas-KETS) is a group of rocks eight miles (13 km) northwest of Alderney in the Channel Islands; they are administered...
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Casquets Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the rocky Les Casquets, Alderney, Channel Islands. Originally the lighthouse was one of three lighthouses...
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Operation Dryad was a raid on the Casquets lighthouse in the Channel Islands by British Commandos during World War II. The Commandos captured the lighthouse...
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Noemí Casquet (Sabadell, February 7, 1992) is a Spanish journalist and writer specializing in sexual disclosure and research on ancestral sexuality. She...
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Auregnais (section Les Casquets)
or "colony" of speakers on Les Casquets for a number of years. Algernon Charles Swinburne based his poem "Les Casquets" on the Houguez family who actually...
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and the Casquets in Book II, Chapter XI in the first part, where the author contrasts three types of beacon or lighthouse ('Le phare des Casquets' and 'Le...
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Brecqhou Jethou Lihou Écréhous Minquiers Les Dirouilles Pierres de Lecq Casquets Renonquet Caquorobert Crevichon Grande Amfroque Les Houmets Portugal Madeira...
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Les Pierres de Lecq (the Paternosters) These lie off Alderney: Burhou Casquets Ortac Renonquet These lie off Guernsey: Caquorobert Crevichon Grande Amfroque...
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giving birth are generally taken to Guernsey. A.C. Swinburne's poem Les Casquets is based on the Houguez family, who actually lived on those islets for...
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reduced. Shortly before 16:00, the fog signal from the Casquets Lighthouse was heard and the Casquets came into view directly ahead. Captain Reeks ordered...
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formerly knew it as "the Eagle's Nest". Ortac and Alderney, along with the Casquets, are part of the same sandstone ridge. Paul Naftel, a Guernsey artist,...
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believed to have been wrecked during the night on Black Rock just off the Casquets. Frigates were dispatched across the English Channel to search for her...
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following: Guernsey Alderney Sark Herm Jethou Brecqhou (Brechou) Lihou Burhou Casquets Jersey Minquiers Écréhous Les Dirouilles Les Pierres de Lecq (the Paternosters)...
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cut down in the 17th century to fuel the lighthouses on Alderney and the Casquets. Those trees that remain include cabbage trees (due to the mild climate...
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Saint Anne Burhou Les Casquets Ortac Longis The Swinge Alderney Race...
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Saint Anne Burhou Les Casquets Ortac Longis The Swinge Alderney Race...
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120S. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2008.06.009. Rapela, C.W.; Pankhurst, R.J; Casquet, C.; Baldo, E.; Saavedra, J.; Galindo, C.; Fanning, C.M. (1998). "The Pampean...
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nautical miles (13 km; 8 mi) northwest of Alderney, Channel Islands, near Casquets lighthouse. The flight was arranged by football agent Willie McKay, who...
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Saint Anne Burhou Les Casquets Ortac Longis The Swinge Alderney Race...
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Balchen died in the shipwreck of the 100-gun first-rate HMS Victory off the Casquets in the Channel Islands during operations to deter French blockading of...
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Saint Anne Burhou Les Casquets Ortac Longis The Swinge Alderney Race...
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of Guernsey for a complete list of their smaller islands. Les Casquets or (The) Casquets (/kæsˈkɛts/ kas-KETS); is a group of rocks 13 km west of Alderney...
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– the Dieppe raid. Operation Dryad (2–3 September 1942) – raid on the Casquets lighthouse in the Channel Islands Operation Pound (7–8 September 1942)...
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life) was on 2–3 September 1942, where the seven man German garrison of Casquets lighthouse, off Alderney were taken prisoner. Additional details from Gus...
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(Mexico) and Little Basses (Sri Lanka) in 1875, and a triple-flashing lens at Casquets Lighthouse (Channel Islands) in 1876. The example shown (right) is the...
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Saint Anne Burhou Les Casquets Ortac Longis The Swinge Alderney Race...
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Saint Anne Burhou Les Casquets Ortac Longis The Swinge Alderney Race...
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Saint Anne Burhou Les Casquets Ortac Longis The Swinge Alderney Race...
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Ground, while Météo-France uses Pas-de-Calais for Dover, Antifer for Wight, Casquets for Portland and Ouessant for Plymouth. The coastal weather stations named...
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Saint Anne Burhou Les Casquets Ortac Longis The Swinge Alderney Race...
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