Channel Islands referred to as an 'Île normande' (as opposed to "anglo-normande"). 'Îles Normandes' and 'Archipel Normand' have also, historically, been used in Channel Island French to refer to the islands as a whole. The very large tidal variation provides an environmentally rich inter-tidal zone around the islands, and some islands such as Burhou, the Écréhous, and the Minquiers have been designated Ramsar sites. The waters around the islands include the following: The highest point in the islands is Les Platons in Jersey at 143 metres (469 ft) above sea level. The lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean (sea level). The earliest
Société Normande de Peinture Moderne a Cubist retrospective. Practically all the artists of the Section d'Or had already been brought together the previous year (Nov-Dec, 1911) by the "Société Normande de Peinture Moderne". The 5th and last exhibition of the "Société Normande de la Peinture Moderne", which included works by Utrillo, Friesz, Guillaumin, Luce, Vlaminck, Pinchon and others, transpired in 1914, just before the onset of World War I; an event that largely ended the group's activities. Société Normande de Peinture Moderne The Société Normande de Peinture Moderne, also known as "Société de Peinture Moderne", or alternatively, "Normand Society of Modern Painting", was a collective