Passage de la Déroute
The Passage de la Déroute (sometimes also called "Canal de la Déroute") is a road in the English Channel between the western coast of Normandy (peninsula Cotentin and Avranchin ) and the Channel Islands . It is in the Gulf of Saint-Malo .
The Passage de la Déroute extends from the Strait of Alderney in the north, between La Hague and the island of Alderney , to the Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel and the islands of Chausey in the south. The Écréhous Islands form the western border of the Passage de la Déroute. They are the continuation of Écréhou- and Écrevière shoal, which are dangerous shoals. The Rochers de Taillepieds et the Basses de Porbail, also shoals, form its eastern border, in front of Portbail . The road width varies between 40 and 50 km.
Due to the numerous shipwrecks that can be traced back to the tidal currents and winds, the name Déroute (defeat, debacle) was used.
Due to the numerous shipwrecks, the la Hague lighthouse, (or the lighthouse of Goury), 800 m from the coast , in Goury (hamlet of Auderville ) on the "Gros du Raz", was built on the rock in three years from 1834.
The tidal force can be developed in the Strait of Alderney (just like at the Raz Barfleur off the Cotentin coast , but this time at the Baie de Seine ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Renewable energies developpement-durable.gouv.fr, mars 2013. see in particular p. 46.