La Pointe du Chay is a limestone promontory, about 5 kilometres from La Rochelle, France, between the seafront of Aytré and Angoulins.
General aerial view of La Pointe du Chay.
The cliffs at La Pointe du Chay.
La Pointe du Chay, seen from the top, looking south. On the left are the remnants of a World War II era German bunker.
Liliocrinus polydactylus, from La Pointe du Chay.
Île de Ré is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. Its highest point has an elevation of 20 metres. It
Ile de Re vue du ciel
The citadel of Saint-Martin. Military mock-up, 1702. Musée des Plans-Reliefs
The naval bombardment of St Martin, Île de Ré, by British and Dutch fleets on 15 and 16 July 1696