English Channel

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arm of the Atlantic Ocean channel sea

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.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
La Manche 7
Atlantic Ocean via English Channel 1
Downs, English Channel 1
Eastern English Channel 1
English Channel basin 1
Strait of Dover 1
Western English Channel 1
the English Channel 1

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.

Battle of Sluys → theatre → English Channel ⓘ
Flag Officer, Dover → theatre → English Channel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern English Channel
RNAS Dunkirk → theatre → English Channel ⓘ
Channel Fleet → theatreOfOperations → English Channel ⓘ
RAF Coastal Command → theatreOfOperations → English Channel ⓘ
Battle of La Hogue (1692) → tookPlaceAt → English Channel ⓘ
Alum Bay → waterBody → English Channel ⓘ
Port of Rouen → waterwayConnection → English Channel ⓘ
Maarten Tromp → workLocation → English Channel ⓘ