Rocquaine Bay
Rocquaine Bay is a bay in Guernsey. Rocquaine Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Torteval, as well as near the village St Pierre du Bois.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jan Hazevoet, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Grey and Lihou Island.
Fort Grey
Castle
Photo: Angus MacRae, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Grey, colloquially known as the "cup and saucer", is a Martello tower located on a tidal rock in Rocquaine Bay in Saint Peter, Guernsey on the west coast of the island.
Lihou Island
Islet
Photo: algo52, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lihou is a small tidal island just off the west coast of the island of Guernsey, in the English Channel, between Great Britain and France. Administratively, Lihou forms part of the Parish of St Peter's in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and is now owned by the States of Guernsey, although there have been a number of owners in the past.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Andrew and St Martin.
St Andrew
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint Andrew is located in the centre of Guernsey and as such is the only parish on the island to be landlocked. As it is customary to list the parishes round the coast, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, starting with St Peter Port, St Andrew is usually the last parish to be mentioned in such a list.
St Martin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the Channel Islands. Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France.
St Peter Port
Town
Photo: Alistair Young, CC BY 2.0.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the Channel Islands. Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France.
Rocquaine Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: Bay in Guernsey
- Category: body of water
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.43783° or 49° 26′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.6604° or 2° 39′ 37″ westOpen location code
8CXVC8QQ+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 2617152125OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3042293Wikidata ID
Q24695138
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rocquaine Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rocquaine Bay”
- German: “Rocquaine Bay”
- Swedish: “Rocquaine Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Torteval and St Pierre du Bois.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Portelet and Fort Grey.
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