where are the channel islands

The Channel Islands are in the English Channel, just off the French coast of Normandy, south of England and west of the Cotentin peninsula.

Where they are

• The Channel Islands form an archipelago in the English Channel between southern England and northern France.

• Geographically, they lie west of France’s Cotentin peninsula, near the entrance to the Gulf of Saint-Malo.

Political status

• The main islands are grouped into two British Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

• They are not part of the United Kingdom or France, but are self-governing territories under the British crown.

Key islands

• Jersey is the largest island; Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Herm are other principal inhabited islands.

• The main population centers are St. Helier on Jersey and St. Peter Port on Guernsey.

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