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Les Pierres de Lecq (Jèrriais
Jèrriais

J?rriais is the form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, off the coast of France. It has been in decline over the past century as English language has increasingly become the language of education, commerce and administration....
: Les Pièrres dé Lé) or the Paternosters are a group of uninhabitable rocks or a reef in the Bailiwick of Jersey between Jersey
Jersey

The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes the nearly uninhabited islands of the Minquiers, ?cr?hous, the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs....
 and Sark
Sark

Sark is a small island in the southwestern English Channel. It is one of the Channel Islands, is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and as such is a British crown dependency....
, 16 km north of Grève de Lecq in Saint Mary
Saint Mary, Jersey

Saint Mary is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is situated in the north west and covers an area of 3,604 verg?es ....
, and 22.4 km west of the Cotentin Peninsula
Cotentin Peninsula

The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy, forming part of the north-western coast of France....
 in Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
.

Only three of the rocks remain visible at high tide: L'Êtaîthe (the eastern one), La Grôsse (the big one) et La Vouêtaîthe (the western one).






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Sark Pierres De Lecq From Sorel Jersey
Les Pierres de Lecq (Jèrriais
Jèrriais

J?rriais is the form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, off the coast of France. It has been in decline over the past century as English language has increasingly become the language of education, commerce and administration....
: Les Pièrres dé Lé) or the Paternosters are a group of uninhabitable rocks or a reef in the Bailiwick of Jersey between Jersey
Jersey

The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes the nearly uninhabited islands of the Minquiers, ?cr?hous, the Pierres de Lecq and other rocks and reefs....
 and Sark
Sark

Sark is a small island in the southwestern English Channel. It is one of the Channel Islands, is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and as such is a British crown dependency....
, 16 km north of Grève de Lecq in Saint Mary
Saint Mary, Jersey

Saint Mary is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is situated in the north west and covers an area of 3,604 verg?es ....
, and 22.4 km west of the Cotentin Peninsula
Cotentin Peninsula

The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy, forming part of the north-western coast of France....
 in Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
.

Only three of the rocks remain visible at high tide: L'Êtaîthe (the eastern one), La Grôsse (the big one) et La Vouêtaîthe (the western one). The area has one of the greatest tidal range
Tidal range

The tidal range is the vertical difference between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide. In other words, it is the difference in height between high and low tides....
s in the world, sometimes being as much as 12 metres.

The name Paternosters is connected with a legend relating to the colonisation of Sark in the 16th century. According to this legend a boatload of women and children was wrecked on the reef and their cries can still be heard from time to time in the wind. Superstitious sailors would say the Lord's Prayer
Lord's Prayer

The Lord's Prayer, also known as the Our Father or Pater noster, is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity. On Easter Sunday 2007 it was estimated that 2 billion Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Christians read, recited, or sang the short prayer in hundreds of languages in houses of worship of all shapes and size...
 when passing the rocks, hence the name Paternosters.

The rocks are a Ramsar site, and support a variety of small cetaceans including dolphin
Dolphin

File:Bottlenose_Dolphin_KSC04pd0178.jpgDolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genus....
s. It is considered to form a biogeographical
Biogeography

Biogeography is the study of the distribution of biodiversity over space and time. It aims to reveal where organisms live, and at what abundance....
 boundary.

Names of the rocks

All of the names are in Jèrriais
Jèrriais

J?rriais is the form of the Norman language spoken in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, off the coast of France. It has been in decline over the past century as English language has increasingly become the language of education, commerce and administration....
  • L'Êtchièrviéthe
  • La Rocque du Nord
  • L'Êtaîse or L'Êtaîthe
  • Lé Bel
  • Lé Longis
  • La P'tite Mathe
  • La Grôsse (Great Rock)
  • La Grand' Mathe
  • La Greune dé Lé, or La Bonnette
  • La Greune du Seur-Vouêt
  • L'Orange
  • La Vouêtaîse, La Vouêtaîthe, or La Vouêt'rêsse
  • La Cappe
  • La Douoche
  • Lé Byi
  • La Rocque Mollet
  • L'Êtché au Nord-Vouêt
  • La Galette
  • La Briarde
  • La Sprague
  • La Niêthole Jean Jean or Lé Gouoillot


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