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 had exhibited at the "Galerie de l'Art Contemporain" (rue Tronchet, Paris) under the auspices of the "Société Normande de Peinture Moderne". This exhibition had received some attention in the press ("l'Autorité" and "Paris Journal"), though due to the diversity of the works presented it had been referred to as an "exposition des fauves et cubistes". The "Salon de la Section d'Or", however, was generally accepted as being entirely Cubist in nature. Over 200 works were displayed, and the fact that many of the artists showed artworks representative of their development from 1909 to 1912 gave the exhibition the allure of