island of Sark

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The island of Sark is a small, car-free Channel Island known for its rugged cliffs, historic feudal traditions, and designation as one of the world’s first Dark Sky Islands.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Island of Sark 2
Channel Island of Sark 1
island of Sark canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
island ⓘ
jurisdiction ⓘ
area approximately 5.5 square kilometres ⓘ
capital La Seigneurie ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
connectedBy La Coupée causeway ⓘ
country Bailiwick of Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: Guernsey
currency Guernsey pound ⓘ
Pound sterling ⓘ
darkSkyStatusGrantedBy International Dark-Sky Association ⓘ
darkSkyStatusYear 2011 ⓘ
designation Dark Sky Island ⓘ
formerGovernmentType feudal constitution ⓘ
governmentType self-governing parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasAttraction La Coupée ⓘ
La Seigneurie Gardens ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Brecqhou ⓘ
Guernsey ⓘ
Jersey ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasProperty car-free island ⓘ
no public motor vehicles ⓘ
hasRegionalLanguage Sercquiais ⓘ
hasSubIsland Little Sark ⓘ
hasTransportMode bicycle ⓘ
horse-drawn carriage ⓘ
tractor ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Seigneur of Sark ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor Dark Sky Island designation ⓘ
historic feudal traditions ⓘ
rugged cliffs ⓘ
largestSettlement La Seigneurie ⓘ
legislature Chief Pleas ⓘ
locatedIn English Channel ⓘ
northwestern Europe ⓘ
partOf British Islands ⓘ
linked to: British Isles

Channel Islands ⓘ
population about 500–600 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC+1 ⓘ
usesDrivingSide left ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brecqhou manor house → near → island of Sark ⓘ
Christopher Beaumont → jurisdiction → Channel Island of Sark ⓘ
linked to: island of Sark
Sarkese Norman → traditionalRegion → Island of Sark ⓘ
linked to: island of Sark
Tourism Committee (Sark) → appliesToTerritory → Island of Sark ⓘ
subject linked to: Tourism Committee
linked to: island of Sark