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Les Casquets or (The) Casquets ( ); is a group of rocks 13 km northwest of Alderney and are part of an underwater sandstone ridge. Other parts which emerge above the water are the islets of Burhou and Ortac. Little vegetation grows on them. ==Origin of name== Theories as to the origin of the name include: *derivation from the French 'cascade', which alludes to the tidal surges which flow around them; *derivation from 'casque', referring to the helmet-like shape of the rocks; *derivation from 'cas' (broken) and 'quet' (rock). A map (''Leyland map'') dated from around 1640 gives a Latin name ''Casus Rupes'' (broken rocks), which would seem to confirm the third theory above,〔''Alderney Place Names'', Royston Raymond, 1999 Alderney ISBN 0-9537127-0-2〕 but which may be a folk etymology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Les Casquets」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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