Flags of the World | Alderney

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Alderney is the third largest of the Channel Islands, which is a British Crown Dependency lying in the English Channel close to the coast of Normandy. The other two Channel Islands are Jersey and Guernsey.

The flag of Alderney was adopted in 1993. The flag is St George's Cross defaced with Alderney's coat of arms, a lion rampant holding a sprig on a green background with a golden border.

Longis Bay, Alderney

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Alderney, the third largest of the Channel Islands, is located just 8 miles off the Normandy coast of France, and is the nearest to the mainland of Britain. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. Alderney is some five kilometers (3.5 mi) long and three kilometers (1.5 mi) at its widest point, with a population of only 2,400.

Longis Bay is on the south-east coast and has a wide, half-mile sandy beach. It is protected from winds by a long wall built during the German Occupation.

Stamps

Alderney issues its own stamps.

(left) Corals and Anemones definitives, issued 2006.

(right) In 2011 Alderney issued a set of six stamps picturing Alderney Hawkmoths.