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Alderney, Bailiwick of Guernseyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Alderney | Island |
| Bailiwick of Guernsey | Crown Dependency |
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Area:
8.0 km2
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Other Languages:
French:
Aurigny, Guernesey
German:
Alderney, Guernsey
Italian:
Alderney, Guernsey
Russian:
Олдерни, Гернси
Simplified Chinese:
奧爾德尼, 根西
Spanish:
Alderney, Guernsey
Afrikaans:
Alderney, Guernsey
Arabic:
آلدرني, غيرنزي
Basque:
Alderney, Guernesey
Breton:
Aldernez, Gwernenez
Catalan:
Alderney, Guernsey
Cebuano:
Alderney
Czech:
Alderney, Guernsey
Danish:
Alderney, Guernsey
Dutch:
Alderney, Guernsey
Esperanto:
Aldernejo, Gernezejo
Estonian:
Alderney, Guernsey
Farsi/Persian:
آلدرنی, گرنزی
Finnish:
Alderney, Guernsey
Galician:
Alderney, Guernsey
Greek:
Άλντερνεϊ, Γκέρνσεϊ
Hausa:
Alderney, Guernsey
Hebrew:
אולדרני, גרנזי
Hungarian:
Alderney, Guernsey
Indonesian:
Alderney, Guernsey
Interlingue:
Alderney, Guernsey
Irish Gaelic:
Alderney, Geansaí
Japanese:
オルダニー島, ガーンジー
Javanese:
Alderney, Guernsey
Korean:
올더니섬, 건지섬
Latin:
Riduna, Lisia
Latvian:
Oldernija, Gērnsija
Limburgian:
Alderney, Guernsey
Lithuanian:
Oldernis, Gernsis
Macedonian:
Олдерни, Гернзи
Narom:
Âorgny, Guernési
Norwegian:
Alderney, Guernsey
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Alderney, Guernsey
Occitan:
Aurigny, Guernesey
Polish:
Alderney, Guernsey
Portuguese:
Alderney, Guernsey
Romanian:
Alderney, Guernsey
Scots:
Alderney, Guernsey
Scottish Gaelic:
Alderney, Guernsey
Serbian:
Олдерни, Гернзи
Slovak:
Alderney, Guernsey
Slovenian:
Alderney, Guernsey
Swedish:
Alderney, Guernsey
Tamil:
அல்டேர்னி, குயெர்ன்சி
Thai:
ออลเดอร์นีย์, เกิร์นซีย์
Traditional Chinese:
奧爾德尼島, 根息島
Turkish:
Alderney, Guernsey
Ukrainian:
Олдерні, Гернсі
Urdu:
الدرنی, گرنزی
Vietnamese:
Alderney, Guernsey
Waray:
Alderney, Guernsey
Welsh:
Alderney, Ynys y Garn
Wu Chinese:
奥尔德尼, 根西岛
Alderney (French: Aurigny; Auregnais: Aoeur'gny) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is 3 miles (5 km) long and 1 1/2 miles (2.4 km) wide. The area is 3 square miles (8 km²), making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick. It is around 10 miles (15 km) to the west of La Hague on the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy, in France, 20 miles (30 km) to the north-east of Guernsey, and 60 miles (100 km) from the south coast of Great Britain. It is the closest of the Channel Islands to France and to the United Kingdom. It is separated from Cap de la Hague by the dangerous Alderney Race (French: Raz Blanchard).
The only parish of Alderney is the parish of St Anne, which covers the whole island.
Other settlements include Braye, Crabby, Longis, Mannez, La Banque, and Newtown.
Geology: "The island can be divided into three based on the mapping of Laffoley (Figure 2). To the west is the Western Granodiorite (2,200Ma); in the centre of the island basement rocks have been intruded by the Central Diorite Complex, a series of Cadomian basic to intermediate rocks dated between 600-500Ma, whilst to the east lies the Alderney Sandstone, a feldspathic sandstone of Lower Palaeozoic age. Despite a variety of suitable lithologies, no mineral veins nor metalliferous mineralization have been recorded. (Laffoley 1985b)." (http://www.rosiehardman.co.uk/taxev.htm)
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| ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' |
| ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group' Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| ⓘ 'Plagioclase' Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Unclassified | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Hornblende Root Name Group' | - | ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| ⓘ | 'Plagioclase' | - | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| O | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Plagioclase | (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8 |
Fossils
There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 1 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 0.13 Ma (Pleistocene) |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 1 fossil locality |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alderney |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q179313 |
| GeoNames ID: | 3042422 |
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