Geographicals

Channel Islands

A group of four British islands and several islets in the English Channel off the coast of France. They are known to have been occupied prehistorically. They were a part of Normandy in 933 but were united to the British crown at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. Guernsey and Jersey originated noted breeds of cattle. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p242)

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A group of four British islands and several islets in the English Channel off the coast of France. They are known to have been occupied prehistorically. They were a part of Normandy in 933 but were united to the British crown at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. Guernsey and Jersey originated noted breeds of cattle. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p242)

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  • Alderney Island
  • Jersey Island
  • Sark

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Channel refers to the English Channel

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  1. Z01w.542w.363w.161w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Channel Islands. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002603. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002603
  2. Channel Islands. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands
  3. Channel Islands. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42314