Les Hanois
Les Hanois reef, a group of rocks to the south-west of Guernsey also known as Hanoveaux, are the westernmost point of the Channel Islands. The reef has claimed many shipwrecks over the centuries, such as HMS Boreas in 1807.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Angus MacRae, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Rock
- Description: island in Torteval, Guernsey
- Also known as: “Hanois” and “Hanoveaux”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Les Hanois Lighthouse and Lihou Island.
Les Hanois Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Les Hanois Lighthouse was constructed between 1860 and 1862 to a design by James Walker, and was first lit on 8 December 1862. It is sited on the rock known as Le Biseau, or Le Bisé, part of the reef Les Hanois one mile north west of Pleinmont where the Trinity House cottages were built.
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. Lihou Island is situated 4 km northeast of Les Hanois.
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. Fort Grey is situated 3½ km east of Les Hanois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Andrew.
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 Andrew is situated 10 km east of Les Hanois.
Les Hanois
- Categories: island, rock formation, and landform
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Les Hanois from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Les Hanois” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Les Hanois”
- Croatian: “Les Hanois”
- Dutch: “Les Hanois”
- French: “Les Hanois”
- German: “Les Hanois”
- Macedonian: “Ле Аноа”
- Swedish: “Les Hanois”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Les Pezeries and Pleinmont.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Red Rock and La Grosse Rock.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. 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 “Les Hanois”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.