Green Island or La Motte is a small tidal island located about 200 metres off the south coast of Jersey at Vingtaine de Samares. It rises to a height of about 17 metres above sea level and is covered in long grass and gorse and wild flowers such as melilot, convolvulus and lavatera. Some steps have been constructed to aid access to the top of the island where there are several paths through the undergrowth but these have been undermined by storms. Slightly confusingly the adjacent area of mainland Jersey is also known as Green Island.
A prehistoric cist cemetery, cairn and middens have been found during excavations on the island.
Looking north east from Green Island towards Le Nez Point
Looking west towards St Helier Power Station
Looking south west
Green Island looking south from Samares
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