Les Minquiers
islands, Channel Islands, English Channel
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Les Minquiers are a group of islets and reefs that are part of the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the English Channel. These islets are located about 12 miles (19 km) south of the island of Jersey. The sovereignty of Les Minquiers was a long-standing dispute between England and France until 1953, when the International Court of Justice confirmed British sovereignty. This dispute was revived in the late 20th century due to its implications for rights to economic development of the continental shelf.12
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