The English Channel (French: la Manche, Breton: Mor Breizh, Cornish: Mor Bretannek), often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about 560 km (350 mi) long and varies in width from 240 km (150 mi) at its widest to 34 km (21 mi) in the Strait of Dover. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf ...
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Area:
- 75,000 km² (28958 mi² )
People interred here:
Events:
- First Anglo-Dutch War ,
- Operation Cerberus ,
- English Channel naval campaign, 1338-1339 ,
- Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom ,
- Armada of 1779 ,
- Operation Sealion ,
- Anglo-Dutch Wars ,
- Anglo-Spanish War ,
- Battle of Ushant ,
- Battle of Gravelines (1588)
Also known as:
- La Manche,
- Mor Breizh,
- English Channel, Dover
