Channel Islands

[ chan-l ahy-luhndz ]

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plural noun

a British island group in the English Channel, near the coast of France, consisting of Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, and smaller islands. 76 square miles (198 square kilometers).
an island group off southern California’s Pacific coast, along the channel just south of Santa Barbara: an eight-island archipelago used for U.S. military training and testing, and noted for numerous endemic species and ecological diversity. 351 square miles (909 square kilometers).

Channel Islands

plural noun

a group of islands in the English Channel, off the NW coast of France, consisting of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Brechou or Brecqhou, Sark, Herm, Jethou, and Lihou (all between them representing the United Kingdom Crown Dependencies of the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey) - the only part of the duchy of Normandy remaining to Britain - and the Roches Douvres and the Îles Chausey (which belong to France). Pop: 149 878 (2001). Area: 194 sq km (75 sq miles)

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Some southern coasts, as well as the Channel Islands, could briefly see gales.

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This subtle shift in the pressure pattern may also allow a few isolated showers to sneak into south-west England and the Channel Islands.

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Park rangers fired from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park heard Thursday that their jobs will soon be reinstated.

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At Channel Islands, marine scientist Kenan Chan, who surveyed the park’s kelp forests and tide pools, was fired.

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Channel Islands National Park has collected data through its full-time staff and seasonal workers on its kelp forests and tide pools since 1982.

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