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Archipel de Molène
Chart
153 landforms
Major islands
5
Molène
- Area
- 0.76 km²
- High point
- 25 m
Molène or Molene (French: Île-Molène; Breton: Molenez, "Bald Island") is an island in the Atlantic off the west coast of Brittany in northwestern France. It is the largest of Molène or Molene Archipelago (Archipel de Molène), a group of about 20 islands in the Ponant Isles. an archipelago of twenty islands.
île de Béniguet
- Area
- 0.63 km²
- High point
- 15 m
Quémènès
- Area
- 0.33 km²
- High point
- 12 m
Quémènès or Quemenes (French: Île de Quémènès [kemenɛs]; Breton: Kemenez) is an island in the Molène Archipelago in the Atlantic off Brittany, France. As of 2023, it has a population of 3. It is administered as part of the commune of Le Conquet, St-Renan Canton, Brest Arrondissement, in Finistère Department.
Île de Trielen
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- High point
- 10 m
Balanec
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Minor islands
2
Ledenez Vraz
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Bannec
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 12 m
Islets
18
- Île de Lédénez Quéménes8 m · 0.06 km²
- île de Litiry12 m · 0.04 km²
- Lédénez Balanec9 m · 0.01 km²
- Lédénez Vihan6 m · 0.01 km²
- Roc'h Hir12 m · 0.01 km²
- Île aux Chrétiens6 m · 0.9 ha
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.6 ha
- Île de la Cheminée9 m · 0.5 ha
- Unnamed island0.4 ha
- Petit Litiri6 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.3 ha
- Ar Staon Vraz7 m · 0.3 ha
Rocks & skerries
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- Morgol5 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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- Petite Bannec<0.1 ha
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Figures
Comparative heights
- Molène: 25 m
- île de Béniguet: 15 m
- Ledenez Vraz: 13 m
- Quémènès: 12 m
- Bannec: 12 m
- île de Litiry: 12 m
- Roc'h Hir: 12 m
- Balanec: 11 m
- Île de Trielen: 10 m
- Lédénez Balanec: 9 m
- Île de la Cheminée: 9 m
- Île de Lédénez Quéménes: 8 m
- Ar Staon Vraz: 7 m
- Lédénez Vihan: 6 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
km², log scale
| Molène | 0.76 km² |
| île de Béniguet | 0.63 km² |
| Quémènès | 0.33 km² |
| Île de Trielen | 0.16 km² |
| Balanec | 0.15 km² |
| Ledenez Vraz | 0.12 km² |
| Bannec | 0.11 km² |
| Île de Lédénez Quéménes | 0.06 km² |
| île de Litiry | 0.04 km² |
| Lédénez Balanec | 0.01 km² |
| Lédénez Vihan | 0.01 km² |
| Roc'h Hir | 0.01 km² |
| Île aux Chrétiens | 0.9 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Île de la Cheminée | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Petit Litiri | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Ar Staon Vraz | 0.3 ha |
| Morgol | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
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Photographs
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Aerial image of Île de Balanec (view from the southeast)
Aerial image of Île de Béniguet (view from the east)
Aerial image of Île de Molène (view from the southeast)
Aerial image of Île de Quéménès (view from the east)
Mur sur l'île de Trielen
Sources
Facts
- Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
- Wikidata
- Talus
Photographs
- Aerial image of Île de Balanec (view from the southeast). Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aerial image of Île de Béniguet (view from the east). Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aerial image of Île de Molène (view from the southeast). Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Aerial image of Île de Quéménès (view from the east). Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Archipel de Molène (Ifremer 00555-66746 - 44534). Olivier Dugornay (Ifremer) / CC BY 4.0
- Archipel de Molène (Ifremer 00555-66746 - 44535). Olivier Dugornay (Ifremer) / CC BY 4.0
- Béniguet depuis la Pointe St-Mathieu (53135717021). Pom' from France, European Union / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mur Trielen. Julien Carnot / CC BY-SA 3.0