0 a group of islands in the English Channel that includes Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark. They are not part of the UK but are British dependencies (= under British protection and rule):
Tax havens include Bahrain, Bermuda, the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Cyprus.
He is now a Channel Islands resident.
Sark, 80 miles from the English mainland and 25 miles west of the Cherbourg peninsula, is one of eight Channel Islands.
