Dover Strait
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The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait (French: Pas de Calais [pɑdə kalɛ], literally Strait of Calais, Dutch: Nauw van Calais [nʌuʋ vʌn kalɛ]) is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel. The shortest distance across the strait is from the South Foreland, 6 kilometres (some 4 miles) northeast of Dover in the county of Kent, England, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais, France. Between these two points lies the most popular route for cross-channel swimmers as the distance is reduced to 34 km (21 mi).
On a clear day, it is possible to see the opposite coastline and shoreline buildings with the naked eye, and the lights of land at night, as in Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach".
On a clear day, it is possible to see the opposite coastline and shoreline buildings with the naked eye, and the lights of land at night, as in Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Dover
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Coordinates: 51°1'8"N 1°34'51"E
- Breydon Water Navigable Channel 177 km
- Alssund 702 km
- Little Belt 740 km
- Great Belt 797 km
- Canale di Treporti 1008 km
- Navicelli channel 1045 km
- Corsica Channel 1087 km
- Strait of Bonifacio 1216 km
- Klaipėda Strait 1391 km
- Strait of Pelješac 1467 km
- Channel Tunnel 7.7 km
- U-12(wreck) 17 km
- Goodwin Sands 18 km
- The Loanda (Wreck) 19 km
- Kent 62 km
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