Oyster Rock
Oyster Rock is in Guernsey. Oyster Rock is situated nearby to the locality La Valette, as well as near Les Terres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Cornet and Castle Breakwater Lighthouse.
Castle Cornet
Museum
Castle Cornet is a large island castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, also known as Cornet Rock or Castle Rock. Its importance was as a defence not only of the island, but of the roadstead.
Hauteville House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hauteville House is a house where Victor Hugo lived during his exile from France, located at 38 Hauteville in St. Peter Port in Guernsey. In March 1927, the centenary year of Romanticism, Hugo's descendants Jeanne, Jean, Marguerite and François donated the house to the City of Paris.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Peter Port and St Martin.
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.
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 Martin is situated 3 km southwest of Oyster Rock.
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 3 km west of Oyster Rock.
Oyster Rock
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.45167° or 49° 27′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.52417° or 2° 31′ 27″ westOpen location code
8CXVFF2G+M8GeoNames ID
6420376
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In Other Languages
“Oyster Rock” goes by many names.
- French: “Huitrière”
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