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The English 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. It was parted by our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
150 feet (46 m) Max. depth. 68 m (223 ft) 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.
Kent, England. 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 ...
Kent. 51°07′46″N 1°18′32″E / . 51.1295°N 1.3089°E. / 51.1295; 1.3089. Dover ( / ˈdoʊvər / DOH-vər) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of ...
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.
Coordinates: 52.°N 3°E. Map of Doggerland at its near maximum extent c. 10,000 years Before Present (~ 8000 BC) (top left) and its subsequent disintegration by 7000 BP (~5000 BC). Doggerland was an area of land in Northern Europe, now submerged beneath the southern North Sea. This region was repeatedly exposed at various times during the ...
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.
Seven Sisters, East Sussex. The Seven Sisters are a series of chalk sea cliffs on the English Channel coast, and are a stretch of the sea-eroded section of the South Downs range of hills, in the county of East Sussex, in south-east England. The Seven Sisters cliffs run between the mouth of the River Cuckmere near Seaford, and the chalk headland ...