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DeutschGulf of Saint-Malo
| Gulf of Saint-Malo | |
|---|---|
  Gulf of Saint-Malo | |
| Location | English Channel |
| Coordinates | 49°02′07″N 2°07′54″W / 49.03528°N 2.13167°W |
| Type | Gulf |
| Basin countries |  France Guernsey[note 1] Jersey[note 1] |
The Gulf of Saint-Malo is a part of the south-western English Channel between Brittany, Normandy, and the Channel Islands.
Formed by subsidence and flooding of a continental zone of about 8 500 km2, it extends from the Bréhat archipelago in the west to Guernsey and Alderney in the north and to the west coast of Cotentin (Normandy) in the east.
Geography
[edit]Islands
[edit]In addition to Bréhat and its archipelago, the Channel Islands Jersey and Guernsey (and the latter's dependencies Alderney and Sark), the Chausey archipelago is situated in the centre.
Towns
[edit]From west to north-east:
- Saint-Brieuc
- Dinard
- Saint-Malo
- Le Mont-Saint-Michel
- Granville
- Barneville-Carteret
- Les Pieux
- Saint-Hélier (capital of Jersey)
- Saint Peter Port (capital of Guernsey)
Rivers
[edit]Several rivers flow into the Gulf of Saint Malo: the Rance estuary is between Dinard et Saint-Malo ; the Sélune and the Sée form a common estuary in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel ; the Couesnon enters the sea in by Mont-Saint-Michel. The mouths of the Thar, the Sienne and the Gerfleur are on the Cotentin coast.
Environment
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Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Dependency of the British Crown, not part of the United Kingdom but not a sovereign state.
References
[edit]- [1] Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine
49°00′N 02°30′W / 49.000°N 2.500°W
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