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The name is usually said to refer to the sleeve (French: la manche) shape of the Channel. Folk etymology has derived it from a Celtic word meaning 'channel' that is also the source of the name for the Minch in Scotland, [ 12 ] but this name is not attested before the 17th century, and French and British sources of that time are clear about its ...
The Channel Tunnel (French: Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to by the portmanteau Chunnel, [3] [4] is a 50.46 km (31.35-mile) undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
Manche (/ m ɒ̃ ʃ /, French pronunciation: ⓘ; Norman: Maunche) is a coastal French département in Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as La Manche, literally "the sleeve", in French.
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 Monument in Dover to Channel swimmers
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.
With the topic of English Channel crossings high up the news agenda again after a flurry of arrivals, the PA news agency has looked at some of the key questions on the topic.
She trained with Jabez Wolffe, a swimmer who had attempted to swim the English Channel 22 times. [12] On August 18, 1925, Ederle made her first attempt at swimming the Channel whereupon she was disqualified when Wolffe ordered another swimmer (who was keeping her company in the water), Ishak Helmy, to recover her from the water.
The coaster was shelled and sunk, on 18 May 1917, in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of St. Martin's Point, Guernsey, by SM UC-70 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived. [217] 1917 Cornelia ( Netherlands) Open Sea The schooner was sunk in the English Channel west of Jersey, on 6 June 1917 by SM UB-18 ( Imperial German Navy).