Channel Islands

[chan-l ahy-luhndz]

plural noun

1. 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).

2. 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

1. 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)

Example Sentences

“We can momentarily feel a little bit of happiness, there is at least momentary end to the genocide,” said Ryan Witt, president of Students for Justice in Palestine at Cal State Channel Islands, which held a campus protest and vigil in support of Palestinians last week.

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Ryan Witt, president of the CSU Channel Islands chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, agreed.

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Catalina, one of the Channel Islands, is about an hour’s ferry ride from Long Beach; it’s challenging for crews to get there in a pinch, Barton said.

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Throughout the Channel Islands, an archipelago referred to as the Galapagos of North America, removing invasive species had led to recovery.

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Over the past 48 hours, at least 2,000 lightning strikes were spotted over the Southern California area, from the Channel Islands off Ventura County all the way to the Central Coast, with most of the thunderstorm and heavy rain occurring over the Pacific Ocean about 50 miles offshore, according to the National Weather Service.

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