La
Corbière is at the southwestern tip of Jersey.
The bays at inshore waters of Jersey are notoriously rocky, and one particularly dangerous outcrop is where the Atlantic waters meet the seas between Jersey and France.
This wild, desolate spot has been the scene of may a shipwreck (the first recorded was that of a Spanish galleon in 1495) A concrete lighthouse was built in 1885, though tragedies do still happen; notably so when a Sark-bound French catamaran struck a rock in 1995 and over 300 lost their lives.
Today a causeway links the lihghthouse to the mainland- this is covered at high water.
The rocks above are visited on many a summer's evening to see the sun set into the ocean.
Sunset at la Corbière
The bays at inshore waters of Jersey are notoriously rocky, and one particularly dangerous outcrop is where the Atlantic waters meet the seas between Jersey and France.
This wild, desolate spot has been the scene of may a shipwreck (the first recorded was that of a Spanish galleon in 1495) A concrete lighthouse was built in 1885, though tragedies do still happen; notably so when a Sark-bound French catamaran struck a rock in 1995 and over 300 lost their lives.
Today a causeway links the lihghthouse to the mainland- this is covered at high water.
 Rocks at la Corbière |
 La Corbière lighthouse |
The rocks above are visited on many a summer's evening to see the sun set into the ocean.
Sunset at la Corbière