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English Channel. / 50.2; -2. The Indian Channel, [ a][ 1] also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busiest shipping area in the world. [ 2]
The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait ( French: Pas de Calais French pronunciation: [pɑ d (ə) kalɛ] - Strait of Calais) [ 1] is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and the North Sea, and separating Great Britain from continental Europe. The shortest distance across the strait, at ...
The Channel Islands[ note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands.
The Channel Tunnel ( French: Tunnel sous la Manche ), sometimes referred to informally as the Chunnel, [ 3 ][ 4 ] is a 50.46-kilometre (31.35 mi) undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone ( Kent, England) with Coquelles ( Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
The Channel Ports are seaports in southern England and northern France, which allow for short crossings of the English Channel. There is no formal definition, but there is a general understanding of the term. Some ferry companies divide their routes into "short" and "long" crossings. The broadest definition might be from Plymouth east to Kent ...
The White Cliffs of Dover are the region of English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliff face, which reaches a height of 350 feet (110 m), owes its striking appearance to its composition of chalk accented by streaks of black flint, deposited during the Late Cretaceous. The cliffs, on both sides of the town of Dover in Kent ...
List of successful English Channel swimmers. This is a list of notable successful swims across the English Channel, [ 1] a straight-line distance of at least 18.2 nautical miles (20.9 mi; 33.7 km). [ 2] Aerial view of the Strait of Dover. Ted Heaton (in water) being fed by assistants during his 1910 swim.
English Channel migrant crossings. An increasing number of refugees and migrants have been entering the United Kingdom illegally by crossing the English Channel in the last decades. The Strait of Dover section between Dover in England and Calais in France represents the shortest sea crossing, and is a long-established shipping route.