The Minkies

The Minquiers are a group of islands and rocks, about 15 kilometres south of . They form part of the Bailiwick of Jersey. They are administratively part of the Parish of , and of its Vingtaine La Rocque.
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  • Reef
  • Description: group of islands and rocks situated 9 miles south of Jersey forming part of the Bailiwick of Jersey
  • Also known as
    “Les Minquiers”
    “Miniquers”
    “Miniquiers”
    “Minque”
    “Minquiers”
    “Minquiers and Ecréhous”
    “Plateau des Minquiers”
    “The Minquiers”

The Minkies

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Latitude
48.96667° or 48° 58′ north
Longitude
-2.08333° or 2° 5′ west
Open location code
8CWVXW88+MM
Geo­Names ID
3042318
Wiki­data ID
Q1435852

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“The Minkies” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Les Minquiers”
  • Breton: “Les Mîntchièrs”
  • Breton: “Minquiers”
  • Breton: “Mîntchièrs”
  • Cebuano: “Plateau des Minquiers”
  • Chinese: “明基埃群岛”
  • Chinese: “曼基耶群岛”
  • Chinese: “曼基耶群島”
  • Dutch: “Minquiers”
  • Finnish: “Minquiers ja Ecréhous”
  • French: “Archipel des Minquiers”
  • French: “Les Minquiers”
  • French: “Minquiers”
  • German: “Ecrehous”
  • German: “Ecréhous”
  • German: “Écréhous”
  • German: “Minquiers und Ecréhous”
  • German: “Minquiers”
  • Hebrew: “מינקווירס”
  • Italian: “Minquiers”
  • Japanese: “マンキエ”
  • Japanese: “マンキエ島”
  • Japanese: “マンキエ諸島”
  • Jèrriais: “Minqùiers”
  • Jèrriais: “Mîntchièrs”
  • Korean: “맹키에 제도”
  • Polish: “Minquiers”
  • Portuguese: “Minquiers”
  • Romanian: “Minquiers”
  • Russian: “Менкье”
  • Russian: “Минкерс”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Minquiers”
  • Serbian: “Минкизи”
  • Spanish: “Les Minquiers”
  • Spanish: “Minquiers”
  • Swedish: “Minquiers”
  • Swedish: “Plateau des Minquiers”
  • Vietnamese: “Minquiers”
  • Welsh: “Minquiers”

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