Brecqhou

Brecqhou is one of the , located off the west coast of where they are now geographically detached from each other. Brecqhou is politically part of both Sark and the .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: islet in the Channel Islands, a dependency of the UK Crown
  • Also known as: “Brechou”, “Brecqhou Island”, and “Isle des Marchants”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Le Moulin and Pilcher Monument.

Peak
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is the highest point in and is also the highest point of the Bailiwick of , a British Crown Dependency in the off the coast of Normandy, with an altitude of 114 metres.

Monument
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The is an obelisk in , , erected in memory of JG Pilcher, an oil merchant killed in a boat wreck in 1868. The monument stands above Havre Gosselin bay, the site of the 1868 incident, in which five men were killed.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sark and Little Sark.

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is a small island within the Bailiwick of in the , with a population of 492 in 2015 and an area of little more than 2 square miles.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a locality.

Brecqhou

Latitude
49.43143° or 49° 25′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.38842° or 2° 23′ 18″ west
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
8CXVCJJ6+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 2956911
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3042407
Wiki­data ID
Q904566
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Satellite Map

Discover Brecqhou from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Brecqhou” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Brecqhou”
  • Breton: “Brecqou”
  • Breton: “Brekhou”
  • Cebuano: “Brecqhou”
  • Chinese: “佈雷庫島”
  • Chinese: “布雷库岛”
  • Chinese: “布雷庫”
  • Danish: “Brecqhou”
  • Dutch: “Brecqhou”
  • Esperanto: “Brechou”
  • Esperanto: “Brecqhou”
  • French: “Brecqhou”
  • Galician: “Brecqhou”
  • German: “Brechou”
  • German: “Brecqhou”
  • Hebrew: “ברצ’ו”
  • Hebrew: “ברצו”
  • Italian: “Brechou”
  • Italian: “Brecqhou”
  • Japanese: “ブレッシュ島”
  • Korean: “브레쿠섬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brecqhou”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brechou”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brecqhou”
  • Norwegian: “Brecqhou”
  • Polish: “Brecqhou”
  • Portuguese: “Brecqhou”
  • Romanian: “Brecqhou”
  • Russian: “Бреку”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Brecqhou”
  • Serbian: “Brecqhou”
  • Serbian: “Бреку”
  • Spanish: “Brechou”
  • Spanish: “Brecqhou”
  • Swedish: “Brechou”
  • Swedish: “Brecqhou”
  • Welsh: “Brecqhou”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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