English Channel

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The English Channel is the narrow arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France and has long been a crucial route and strategic barrier in European history.


Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arm of the Atlantic Ocean
channel
sea
borderedBy Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands

England
France
connectedBy Strait of Dover
Western Approaches
connectsTo Celtic Sea
North Sea
crossedBy Channel Tunnel
submarine communication cables
submarine power cables
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasAlternativeName Channel
English Channel
surface form: La Manche
hasArea about 75000 km²
hasAverageDepth about 120 m
hasIsland Isle of Wight
hasIslandGroup Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands
hasMajorPort Calais
Cherbourg
Dover
Le Havre
Portsmouth
Southampton
hasMaxDepth about 174 m
hasMaxWidth about 240 km
hasMinWidth about 33.3 km
hasMinWidthAt English Channel self-linksurface differs
surface form: Strait of Dover
hasStrongFeature heavy maritime traffic
strong tides
hasTypicalTidalRange up to about 14 m in some areas
isImportantFor ferry transport
fishing
international shipping
naval strategy
locatedBetween northern France
southern England
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
nameInBreton Mor Breizh
nameInCornish Mor Breizh
surface form: Mor Bretannek
nameInFrench English Channel self-linksurface differs
surface form: La Manche
partOf French maritime borders
United Kingdom maritime borders
separates England
France
Great Britain
continental Europe
siteOf Operation Neptune
surface form: D-Day naval operations

Battle of Dunkirk
surface form: Dunkirk evacuation
wasStrategicIn Napoleonic Wars
World War I
World War II

Referenced by (210)

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

Strait of Dover locatedIn English Channel
Les Écréhous locatedInBodyOfWater English Channel
this entity surface form: La Manche
The Needles locatedInBodyOfWater English Channel
Baie de Seine locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion English Channel
this entity surface form: Western English Channel
Southampton Water locatedInSeaArea English Channel
this entity surface form: English Channel basin
Brixham shipyard locatedNear English Channel
Caen locatedNear English Channel
D-Day Museum of Arromanches locatedNear English Channel
Honfleur locatedNear English Channel
subject surface form: Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
Shoreham-by-Sea airfield locatedNear English Channel
St Catherine's Lighthouse locatedNear English Channel
Tocqueville, Manche, France locatedNear English Channel
University of Portsmouth locatedNear English Channel
Ventnor locatedNear English Channel
Arromanches-les-Bains locatedOn English Channel
Bembridge locatedOn English Channel
Bournemouth locatedOn English Channel
Brixham locatedOn English Channel
Calais locatedOn English Channel
Calvados department locatedOn English Channel
Cherbourg locatedOn English Channel
Colleville-sur-Mer locatedOn English Channel
Courseulles-sur-Mer locatedOn English Channel
Deal locatedOn English Channel
Deal, Kent locatedOn English Channel
Dieppe locatedOn English Channel
Dunkirk locatedOn English Channel
Eastbourne locatedOn English Channel
subject surface form: Folkestone
Hastings locatedOn English Channel
Hythe locatedOn English Channel
Le Havre locatedOn English Channel
Normandy locatedOn English Channel
Ouistreham locatedOn English Channel
Penzance locatedOn English Channel
Plymouth, England locatedOn English Channel
Port of Le Havre locatedOn English Channel
Port of Ramsgate locatedOn English Channel
Ramsgate locatedOn English Channel
Shanklin locatedOn English Channel
Ver-sur-Mer locatedOn English Channel
Vierville-sur-Mer locatedOn English Channel
Falmouth, England locatedOnBodyOfWater English Channel
Plymouth locatedOnBodyOfWater English Channel
Dover locatedOnCoastOf English Channel
Sandown locatedOnCoastOf English Channel