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| 1 | Jersey ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 49.2206 / -2.1372 | Jersey (; Jèrriais: Jèrri), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066 (...) | |
| 2 | Alderney ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 70 Lat/Lng : 49.715 / -2.2003 | Alderney (; ; Auregnais: Aoeur'gny) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The area is , making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick (...) | |
| 3 | Isle of Man ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 325 Lat/Lng : 54.2372 / -4.5231 | The Isle of Man , sometimes referred to simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann and is represented by a lieutenant governor (...) | |
| 4 | United Kingdom ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 131 Lat/Lng : 53.55 / -2.4333 | The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed. Some organisations, including the and , prefer to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country lying off the north-western coast of the European (...) | |
| 5 | Scotland ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 288 Lat/Lng : 56.26 / -4.21 | Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west (...) | |
| 6 | Guernsey ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 59 Lat/Lng : 49.45 / -2.58 | Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. It lies roughly north of Saint-Malo and to the west of Jersey and the Cotentin Peninsula. With several smaller nearby islands, it forms a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency (...) | |
| 7 | States of Jersey ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 49.1815 / -2.1077 | The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of the British Crown dependency of Jersey. The origins of the legislature of Jersey lie in the system of self-government according to Norman law guaranteed to the Channel Islands by King John following the division of Normandy in 1204 (...) | |
| 8 | Turks and Caicos Islands ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 21.75 / -71.5833 | The Turks and Caicos Islands (and), or TCI for short, are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies (...) | |
| 9 | Herm ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 49.4728 / -2.4494 | Herm (Guernésiais: Haerme, ultimately from Old Norse arms “arm”, due to the shape of the island, or Old French eremite “hermit”) is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port accessed 11 February 2016 in the Bailiwick of Guernsey (...) | |
| 10 | Elvis Presley ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 91 Lat/Lng : 35.0461 / -90.0231 | Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply the "King" (...) | |
| 11 | Special member state territories and the European Union ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 57.9058 / 27.7132 | The special territories of the European Union are 31 territories of EU member states which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special status within or outside the European Union. The special territories divided themselves in two categories: 9 Outermost Regions (OMR) that form (...) | |
| 12 | Jersey Open ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 65 Lat/Lng : 49.191 / -2.218 | The Jersey Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the English Channel, from 1978 to 1995. It had several different names during this period. The venue was La Moye Golf Club (...) | |
| 13 | Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Jersey ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 49.2164 / -2.0532 | The Our Lady of the Annunciation Church or more formally "Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation and the Martyrs of Japan" is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of St (...) | |
| 14 | Alderney Railway ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 49.718 / -2.2 | The Alderney Railway on Alderney is the only railway in the Bailiwick of Guernsey (a British Crown dependency), and the only working railway in the Channel Islands. (There is a standard gauge railway at the Pallot Heritage Steam Museum in Jersey, but this provides no actual transport link, only (...) | |
| 15 | Les Platons ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 131 Lat/Lng : 49.2478 / -2.1048 | Les Platons is the highest point of Jersey, a British Crown Dependency, with an elevation of 136 metres (446 ft). It is located in the Vingtaine de la Ville-à-l'Évêque in the parish of Trinity. There are radio transmitters,http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/lesplatons/index (...) | |
| 16 | Braye Harbour ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 49.7256 / -2.1933 | Braye Harbour (also known as Alderney Harbour) is the main harbour on the north side of the Island of Alderney, in the Channel Islands, a dependency of the British Crown. A break-water was built by the Admiralty to protect the Navy in the 19th century shelters Braye Harbour (...) | |
| 17 | Pomquet ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 45.6269 / -61.8444 | Pomquet , French pronunciation; , is a small Acadian village located in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Pomquet is home to approximately 900 inhabitants, most of Acadian ancestry. Many others visit and decide to make Pomquet their home – for its beauty, sense of community, and connection to (...) | |