Pierres de Lecq

Les Pierres de Lecq (Jèrriais: Les Pièrres dé Lé) or the Paternosters are a group of uninhabitable rocks or a reef in the Bailiwick of Jersey between Jersey and Sark, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Grève de Lecq in Saint Mary, and 22.4 km (13.9 mi) west of the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy.

Superstitious sailors would say the Lord's Prayer when passing the rocks, hence the name Paternosters.

[2] The rocks are considered to form a biogeographical boundary between a cold and a warmer part of the ocean.

Among the fish for which this area is important are the European sea sturgeon, the short-snouted seahorse and the Atlantic salmon.

The rocks have been listed as a Ramsar site and support a variety of small cetaceans including dolphins.

The Pierres de Lecq (or Paternosters) at high tide seen from Jersey looking towards Sark. The three rocks visible are La Vouêtaîthe, La Grôsse, and L'Êtaîthe
Location map of Les Pierres de Lecq