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Iroise Sea

Index Iroise Sea

Iroise or the Iroise Sea (mer d'Iroise) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean which stretches from the Ile de Sein to Ushant off the coast of Brittany in north-western France. [1]

25 relations: Baie de Douarnenez, Bannec, Battle of Camaret, Battle of Pierres Noires, Battle of Saint-Mathieu, Battle of the Raz de Sein, Brittany, Croisière de Bruix, France 3, French brig Brave (1793), French frigate Hermione (1804), Fromveur Passage, Ganteaume's expeditions of 1801, Jean-Marthe-Adrien l'Hermite, La Jument, List of shipwrecks in 1808, List of shipwrecks in 1920, Marine park, Parc naturel régional d'Armorique, Pont de l'Iroise, Roadstead of Brest, Striped dolphin, The Voyage of the Mimi, Tristan Island, 5th meridian west.

Baie de Douarnenez

The Baie de Douarnenez is a bay in Finistère, France, between the Crozon peninsula to the north and the cap Sizun to the south.

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Bannec

Bannec or Banneck, Banneg in Breton (from the Breton bann, "horn", a term often used for sharp summits) is an uninhabited French island in the Iroise Sea close to the city of Brest in Brittany.

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Battle of Camaret

The Battle of Camaret was an amphibious landing at Camaret Bay on 18 June 1694 by the English and Dutch in an attempt to seize the French port of Brest and destroy part of the French fleet stationed there, as part of the Nine Years' War.

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Battle of Pierres Noires

The Battle of Pierres Noires was a naval action that occurred during the Allied Operation Dredger, involving several Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) destroyers and a German Kriegsmarine U-boat with escorts near Brest, France.

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Battle of Saint-Mathieu

The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu took place on 10 August 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai, near Brest, France, between an English fleet of 25 ships commanded by Sir Edward Howard and a Franco-Breton fleet of 22 ships commanded by René de Clermont.

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Battle of the Raz de Sein

The Battle of the Raz de Sein was a naval engagement of the blockade of Brest during the French Revolutionary Wars between a French and Royal Navy ships of the line on 21 April 1798.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Croisière de Bruix

The Croisière de Bruix (or Bruix' expedition of 1799) was the principal naval campaign of the year 1799 during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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France 3

France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô. It is made up of a network of regional television services providing daily news programming and around ten hours of entertainment and cultural programming produced for and about the regions each week.

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French brig Brave (1793)

Brave, launched at Le Havre in 1793, was the name vessel of a two-vessel class of brig-rigged canonnières, i.e., gun-brigs.

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French frigate Hermione (1804)

Hermione was a 40-gun of the French Navy.

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Fromveur Passage

The Fromveur Passage, sometimes called St.

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Ganteaume's expeditions of 1801

Ganteaume's expeditions of 1801 were three connected major French Navy operations of the spring of 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Jean-Marthe-Adrien l'Hermite

Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'HermiteFirst name also written "Jean-Matthieu-Adrien", and family name also written "Lhermitte" (Coutances, Manche, 29 September 1766Levot, p. 316 — Plessis-Picquet, 28 August 1826Levot, p. 319) was a French sea captain and rear admiral, notable for his involvement in the Glorious First of June and his expedition into the Atlantic in 1805.

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La Jument

La Jument is the name of a lighthouse at the Northwestern part of France, Brittany.

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List of shipwrecks in 1808

The list of shipwrecks in 1808 includes some ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during 1808.

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List of shipwrecks in 1920

The list of shipwrecks in 1920 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1920.

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Marine park

A marine park is a park consisting of an area of sea (or lake) sometimes protected for recreational use, but more often set aside to preserve a specific habitat and ensure the ecosystem is sustained for the organisms that exist there.

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Parc naturel régional d'Armorique

The Parc naturel régional d'Armorique (Park an Arvorig), or Armorica Regional Natural Park, is a rural protected area located in Brittany.

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Pont de l'Iroise

The Pont de l'Iroise is a cable-stayed bridge in Finistère, Brittany, France, which spans the Élorn river where it enters the roadstead of Brest.

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Roadstead of Brest

The roadstead of Brest (rade de Brest) is a roadstead or bay located in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France.

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Striped dolphin

The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is an extensively studied dolphin found in temperate and tropical waters of all the world's oceans.

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The Voyage of the Mimi

The Voyage of the Mimi is a thirteen-episode American educational television program depicting the crew of the ship Mimi exploring the ocean and taking a census of humpback whales.

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Tristan Island

Tristan Island or the Île Tristan is located at the mouth of the Pouldavid Estuary off the French port of Douarnenez in south-western Brittany.

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5th meridian west

The meridian 5° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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Iroise, Iroise Marine Park, Iroise Passage, Mer d'Iroise, Parc naturel marin d'Iroise.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroise_Sea

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