Minquiers

Minquiers
Les Minquiers, Les Mîntchièrs, The Minkies
	La Maîtr' Île
Geography
Location	English Channel
Coordinates	48°58′14″N 02°03′43″W / 48.97056°N 2.06194°W
Major islands	Maîtresse Île / Maîtr' Île; Les Maisons
Administration
	Jersey
Parish	Grouville
Demographics
Population	none permanent
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Les Minquiers, Jersey
Designated	2 February 2005
Reference no.	1456

The Minquiers (Les Minquiers; in Jèrriais: Les Mîntchièrs pronunciation^ⓘ; known as "the Minkies" in local English) are a group of islands and rocks, about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Jersey. They form part of the Bailiwick of Jersey.^[2] They are administratively part of the Parish of Grouville, and of its Vingtaine La Rocque.^[3]

The rock shelf around the Minquiers has a larger surface area than Jersey itself, but at high tide only a few of the main heads remain above water.^[4] The largest of these is Maîtresse, which is about 50 m (55 yd) long and 20 m (22 yd) wide and has about ten stone cottages in various states of repair. These are the most southerly buildings in the British Isles; but they have no permanent inhabitants; though fishermen, vraic (seaweed used for fertilizer) collectors, yachtsmen, kayakers, and even radio amateurs^[5] make summer landfall.^[2]

^ "Les Minquiers, Jersey". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Les Minquiers (GH): 2007". Cambridge University Wireless Society. 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
^ "Christian Fleury, Henry Johnson: The Minquiers and Écréhous in spatial context: contemporary issues and cross perspectives on border islands, reefs and rocks. In: Island Studies Journal, Vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 163 – 180, Nov. 2015" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^ "Jersey Birds". web page. www.jerseybirds.co.uk. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
^ "MJ0X/GB0LMI activity". Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

[1] "Les Minquiers, Jersey". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[CambridgeWireless2007-2] "Les Minquiers (GH): 2007". Cambridge University Wireless Society. 2007. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

[3] "Christian Fleury, Henry Johnson: The Minquiers and Écréhous in spatial context: contemporary issues and cross perspectives on border islands, reefs and rocks. In: Island Studies Journal, Vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 163 – 180, Nov. 2015" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-03-01.

[4] "Jersey Birds". web page. www.jerseybirds.co.uk. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

[5] "MJ0X/GB0LMI activity". Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

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