Mor Breizh

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arm of the Atlantic Ocean body of water sea

Mor Breizh is the Breton name for the English Channel, the arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mor Bretannek 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arm of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
body of water ⓘ
sea ⓘ
borderedBy Brittany ⓘ
England ⓘ
France ⓘ
BretonNameFor English Channel ⓘ
English Channel ⓘ
surface form: La Manche
connectsTo Bristol Channel ⓘ
Celtic Sea ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
Strait of Dover ⓘ
hasAverageDepth about 120 metres ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Brittany ⓘ
Cornwall ⓘ
Dorset ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
hasLength about 560 kilometres ⓘ
hasMajorIsland Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Alderney

Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Channel Islands

Chausey (historically associated) ⓘ
surface form: Chausey

Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Guernsey

Isle of Wight ⓘ
Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ
surface form: Jersey

Sark ⓘ
hasMajorPort Calais ⓘ
Cherbourg ⓘ
surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

Dover ⓘ
Le Havre ⓘ
Portsmouth ⓘ
Southampton ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth about 180 metres ⓘ
hasStrait Strait of Dover ⓘ
hasWidth from about 240 km to 34 km at the Strait of Dover ⓘ
isImportantFor fishing ⓘ
maritime traffic ⓘ
shipping routes between Atlantic Ocean and North Sea ⓘ
knownFor busy shipping lanes ⓘ
historical naval battles ⓘ
strong tides ⓘ
locatedBetween France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Europe ⓘ
nameInLanguage Breton ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Breton maritime cultural area ⓘ
separates Hauts-de-France ⓘ
surface form: northern France

southern England ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English Channel → nameInBreton → Mor Breizh ⓘ
English Channel → nameInCornish → Mor Breizh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mor Bretannek