British Channel
British Channel is a strait in the western part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It was first reported and named in 1875 by the Jackson–Harmsworth expedition.Photo: Kirill.uyutnov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in Arctic Russia
- Also known as: “Britanskiy Kanal”, “Proliv Britanski Kanal”, and “Proliv Britanskiy Kanal”
British Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Russian—“British Channel” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Britaniya boğazı”
- Cebuano: “Proliv Britanskiy Kanal”
- Croatian: “Britanski kanal”
- Czech: “Britský kanál”
- Italian: “Canale Britannico”
- Polish: “Kanał Brytyjski”
- Russian: “Британский канал”
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