Sark

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Dark Sky Island civil parish island

Sark is a small, car-free island in the English Channel known for its rugged coastline, traditional feudal-style governance history, and designation as a Dark Sky Island.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sark (historically)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dark Sky Island ⓘ civil parish ⓘ island ⓘ
accessedBy	boat ⓘ
allowedTransport	bicycles ⓘ horse-drawn vehicles ⓘ tractors ⓘ
capital	La Seigneurie ⓘ
climate	oceanic climate ⓘ
connectedBy	La Coupée ⓘ
country	Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Bailiwick of Guernsey
currency	Guernsey pound ⓘ Pound sterling ⓘ
darkSkyDesignation	International Dark-Sky Association ⓘ surface form: International Dark Sky Association
darkSkyStatus	Dark Sky Island ⓘ
designationYear	2011 ⓘ
formerGovernmentType	feudal system ⓘ seigneurial government ⓘ
governingBody	Chief Pleas ⓘ
hasFeature	rugged coastline ⓘ
hasNo	airport ⓘ car ferry terminal ⓘ
hasPolicy	car-free ⓘ
hasSubIsland	Little Sark ⓘ
hasTitle	Seigneur of Sark ⓘ
hasTransportRestriction	no private cars ⓘ
knownFor	low light pollution ⓘ stargazing ⓘ tourism ⓘ traditional governance history ⓘ
largestSettlement	La Seigneurie ⓘ
locatedIn	Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Channel Islands English Channel ⓘ
neighboringIsland	Brecqhou ⓘ Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Guernsey Herm ⓘ Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Jersey
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Bailiwick of Guernsey
primaryEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
reformedGovernment	democratically elected Chief Pleas ⓘ
regionalLanguage	Sercquiais ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+0 ⓘ
timeZoneDST	UTC+1 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey → appliesToJurisdiction → Sark ⓘ

Brecqhou → hasHelicopterServiceTo → Sark ⓘ

Brecqhou → hasLegalDisputeWith → Sark ⓘ

Mor Breizh → hasMajorIsland → Sark ⓘ

Jethou → hasNearbyIsland → Sark ⓘ

Saint Peter Port → hasNearbyIsland → Sark ⓘ

Channel Islands (crown dependencies) → hasPart → Sark ⓘ

subject surface form: Channel Islands

Brecqhou → locatedNear → Sark ⓘ

The Currents of Space → setting → Sark ⓘ

Duke of Normandy → sovereignOver → Sark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sark (historically)