Geography and Geology
Herm is only 1½ miles long and less than half a mile wide. It is oriented so that its greatest length runs north-south. The northern half of the coastline is surrounded by sandy beaches, the southern half is rocky.
Shell Beach and Belvoir Bay are two of the major tourist attractions.
The isle of Jethou is just to the south. It is said that in 709 AD a storm washed away the strip of land that connected Jethou to Herm.
To the west is the channel Little Roussel (Petit Ruau) between it and Guernsey, and the Big Roussel (Grand Ruau) to the east, between it and Sark. The tower in the Little Roussel that one passes when sailing between Herm and St Peter Port is the Bréhon Tower, a Victorian-era fortification.
Much of Herm's bedrock is granite. Thomas Charles de Putron (1806-1869) used granite from Herm to construct the Bréhon Tower between 1854 and 1856.
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