Les Fontaines

Les Fontaines is a bay in . Les Fontaines is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brecqhou and Le Moulin.

Island
Photo: Diegourdiales, CC BY 3.0.
is one of the , located off the west coast of where they are now geographically detached from each other. is politically part of both Sark and the .

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Sark and Point Derrible.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 2½ km east of Les Fontaines.

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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.

Les Fontaines

Latitude
49.41472° or 49° 24′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.38194° or 2° 22′ 55″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8CXVCJ79+V6
Geo­Names ID
6608400
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Satellite Map

Discover Les Fontaines from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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