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

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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