Îles Saint-Marcouf
Îles Saint-Marcouf comprise two small uninhabited islands off the coast of Normandy, France. They lie in the Baie de la Seine region of the English Channel and are 6.5 km east of the coast of the Cotentin peninsula at Ravenoville and 13 km from the island of Tatihou and the harbour at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: group of two small islands off the coast of Normandy, France
- Also known as: “Iles Saint-Marcouf” and “îles Saint-Marcouf”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Île du Large and Île de Terre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Madeleine and Ravenoville.
La Madeleine
Hamlet
La Madeleine is a hamlet of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont village in North-western France which was one anchor point of the Utah Beach landings on the D-Day invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europa, 6 June 1944. La Madeleine is situated 9 km south of Îles Saint-Marcouf.
Ravenoville
Village
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Ravenoville is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Sainte-Mère-Église. Ravenoville is situated 10 km southwest of Îles Saint-Marcouf.
Foucarville
Village
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Foucarville is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Sainte-Mère-Église. Foucarville is situated 10 km southwest of Îles Saint-Marcouf.
Îles Saint-Marcouf
- Categories: archipelago, sea fort, locality, and landform
- Location: Normandy, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.4957° or 49° 29′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.14983° or 1° 8′ 59″ westOpen location code
8CXWFVW2+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 7472796391OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2978555Wikidata ID
Q3593548
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Îles Saint-Marcouf” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Saint-Marcouf uharteak”
- Cebuano: “Îles Saint-Marcouf”
- Chinese: “聖馬爾庫羣島”
- Chinese: “聖馬爾庫群島”
- Danish: “Inseln Saint-Marcouf”
- French: “Iles Saint-Marcouf”
- French: “îles Saint-Marcouf”
- French: “Îles saint-marcouf”
- French: “Îles Saint-Marcouf”
- German: “îles Saint-Marcouf”
- German: “Îles Saint-Marcouf”
- Japanese: “サン・マルクフ諸島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iles Saint Marcouf”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Îles Saint Marcouf”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iles Saint-Marcouf”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Îles Saint-Marcouf”
- Swedish: “Îles Saint-Marcouf”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stp 12 and Wn 11.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rocher d’Ovy and Corps de Garde Mle 1846.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Îles Saint-Marcouf”. Photo: Jeremy14650, CC BY-SA 3.0.