Portsea Island
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Portsea Island is a flat and low-lying natural island 24.5 square kilometres in area, just off the southern coast of Hampshire in England. The island contains the majority of the city of Portsmouth.
Portsea Island from the west (north to the left), from the air (beneath neighbouring Hayling Island)
Portsea Island (left), separated from the mainland (right) by the narrow, tidal Portsea Creek
The Common-Hard, Portsmouth, 1834. The Victory in harbour
View of Portsmouth and Portsea Island from Portsdown Hill, UK
Channel Islands
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The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the isla
Portsea Island
…over Portsea Creek. In addition there are ferry services to Gosport (on the mainland), Hayling Island and the Isle of Wight. There are also ferries to the Channel Islands, northern France and northern Spain. Portsea's name is derived from the Latin word portus, meaning 'harbour' and the Saxon word ēġ (pronounced , 'ee…
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Channel Islands, Armorican Billon Stater about 75 BC Celtic coin, the obverse showing a stylised head