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The English Channel, [a] [1] ... The flight was completed in 1 hour and 15 minutes for a total distance covered of 72.5 km (45.0 mi) including 33.3 km (20.7 mi) over ...
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 Monument in Dover to Channel swimmers
The shortest distance across the strait, at approximately 20 miles (32 kilometres), is from the South Foreland, northeast of Dover in the English county of Kent, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais. Between these points lies the most popular route for cross-channel swimmers. [1]
The Channel Tunnel (French: Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to by the portmanteau Chunnel, [3] [4] is a 50.46 km (31.35-mile) 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.
Australian endurance swimmer Eva Buzo swam the English Channel last week in a remarkable ten hours and forty-nine minutes, entering the water in Dover, England and exiting on the beaches of France ...
Albanians accounted for 45% of crossings in July-September 2022 but only 9% in October-December.
Why are people crossing the English Channel and how dangerous is it? Michael Drummond, PA South East Correspondent. November 12, 2021 at 6:34 AM.
The English Channel, 33 kilometres (21 mi) between France and England The Catalina Channel , 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) between Catalina Island and the California mainland The 20 Bridges Swim (formerly known as Manhattan Island Swim), a 48.5-kilometre (30.1 mi) circumnavigation of Manhattan Island, New York City.