Lihou is a small tidal island (95 vergees; 7ha) that is part of the Channel Islands. It lies off the west coast of Guernsey and is the most westerly point in the Channel Islands. The island was bought by the States of Guernsey in January 1995. Lihou is connected to Guernsey at low tide by an ancient stone causeway between the island and L'Eree headland. It is part of the Parish of St. Peter's. A tidal island is a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a causeway exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide. ... A vergee or vergée is a measure of area. ... The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. ... January, from the Très riches heures du duc de Berry January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The tide is the regular rising and falling of the oceans surface caused by changes in gravitational forces external to the Earth. ... In modern usage, a causeway is a road elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ... St Peters, known officially as Saint Pierre Du Bois (English: St. ...

This is a map of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Lihou is on the far left.

On the island are the ruins of the priory of St. Mary which is believed to have been established by Benedictine monks in the 12th century. Until 1415 it was under the control of Mont Saint Michel and thereafter under Eton College until the Reformation when it was closed and fell into disrepair. Local legend accuses the resident monks of being devil-worshippers, although this may be a reaction to the tithes on fishing catches the Prior demanded. Bailiwick of Guernsey Converted to png format. ... A map of the world by Johannes Kepler A map is a simplified depiction of a space, a navigational aid which highlights relations between objects within that space. ... A priory is an ecclesistical circonscription run by a prior. ... ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ... Mont-Saint-Michel: sheep graze on the reclaimed pr -sal or salt meadow (2004) Mont Saint Michel is a small rocky islet, roughly one kilometer from the north coast of France at the mouth of the Couesnon River, near Avranches in Normandy, close to the border of Brittany. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys. ...

Vraic (seaweed) was harvested and dried on frames set up on the beach. A 1927 factory building produced iodine from seaweed. All traces of the industry disappeared during the German Occupation. Seaweed covered rocks in the UK Phycologists consider seaweed to refer any of a large number of marine benthic algae that are multicellular, macrothallic (large-bodied), and thus differentiated from most algae that tend towards microscopic size (Smith, 1944). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... General Name, Symbol, Number iodine, I, 53 Chemical series halogens Group, Period, Block 17, 5, p Appearance violet-dark gray, lustrous Atomic mass 126. ...

Lihou's bird and marine life makes it an important conservation area. A conservation area is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features or biota are safeguarded. ...

The house on Lihou was used for target practice by heavy artillery during the German occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. It has now been rebuilt as accommodation for school groups, and is used as an Educational Resource. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...

External links:

• 'History of Little Lihou'
• archeology on Lihou

The Channel Islands
Bailiwick of Jersey: Jersey | Minquiers and Ecréhous
Bailiwick of Guernsey Alderney | Guernsey | Sark | Herm | Brecqhou | Burhou | Casquets | Jethou | Lihou