Pierres de Lecq

Les Pierres de Lecq ( Jèrriais: Les Pierres dé Lé ) or Paternoster is a group of uninhabitable rocks or a reef in the Bailiwick of Jersey between Jersey and Sark, 6 km north of Grève de Lecq in Saint Mary, and 22.4 km west of Cotentin in Normandy.

Only three rocks remain visible at high tide: L' Êtaîthe, La Grande and La Vouêtaîthe. The area has one of the largest Tidenhübe the world, which is sometimes greater than 12 meters.

The name Paternoster is connected with a legend about the colonization of Sark in the 16th century. According to this legend smashed a boatload of women and children on the reef, and her crying will be heard from time to time in the wind. Superstitious sailors say the Lord 's Prayer, as they pass by on the rocks, hence the name Paternoster.

The rocks are Ramsar site and support a variety of small whales and dolphins. It is considered a kind of biogeographic boundary.

Name of the rock

( All names are in Jèrriais. )

• L' Êtchièrviéthe
• La Rocque du Nord
• L' or L' Êtaîse Êtaîthe
• Lé Bel
• Lé Longis
• La P'tite Math
• La Grande ( Great Rock )
• La Grand ' math
• La Greune dé Lé or La Bonnette
• La Greune you Seurat - Vouet
• L'Orange
• Vouêtaîse La La La Vouêtaîthe or Vouêt'rêsse
• La Cappe
• La Douoche
• Lé Byi
• La Rocque Mollet
• L' au ETCHE North Vouet
• La Galette
• La Briarde
• La Sprague
• La Niêthole Jeanjean or Lé Gouoillot

Footnotes

• Jersey Place Names, Jerri, 1986, ISBN 0-901897-17-5
• Les Pierres Dé Lé