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North Channel

The North Channel is the strait between north-eastern Ireland and south-western Scotland. The merges with the channel, between the southern tip of the peninsula and Corsewall Point on the .
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North Channel

Latitude
54.81291° or 54° 48′ 47″ north
Longitude
-5.476° or 5° 28′ 34″ west
Open location code
9C6PRG7F+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 653031284
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2641398
Wiki­data ID
Q209113
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“North Channel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Noordkanaal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal boğazı”
  • Basque: “Ipar kanala”
  • Basque: “Iparraldeko Kanala”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночны праліў”
  • Catalan: “canal del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Canal del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “North Channel (estretso sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Northern Ireland)”
  • Cebuano: “North Channel”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەناڵی باکوور”
  • Chinese: “北海海峡”
  • Chinese: “北海海峽”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverni kanal”
  • Czech: “Severní kanál”
  • Czech: “Severní průliv”
  • Danish: “Nordkanalen”
  • Dutch: “Noorderkanaal”
  • Dutch: “North Channel”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Kanalo (Britaj Insuloj)”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Kanalo (Britio kaj Irlando)”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Kanalo”
  • Estonian: “Põhjaväin”
  • French: “canal du Nord”
  • French: “Canal du Nord”
  • Galician: “Canle do Norte”
  • Galician: “North Channel”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთის სრუტე”
  • German: “Nordkanal”
  • Hebrew: “התעלה הצפונית (האיים הבריטיים)”
  • Hebrew: “התעלה הצפונית”
  • Hungarian: “Északi-csatorna”
  • Icelandic: “North Channel”
  • Icelandic: “Úlfreksfjörður”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Utara”
  • Irish: “Sruth na Maoile”
  • Irish: “Sruth Na Maoile”
  • Italian: “Canale del Nord”
  • Japanese: “ノース海峡”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік бұғазы”
  • Korean: “노스 해협”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės kanalas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės sąsiauris”
  • Macedonian: “Ирски Канал”
  • Macedonian: “Ирски Проток”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Канал”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Проток”
  • Manx: “Ammyr ny h-Albey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North Channel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “North Channel”
  • Norwegian: “North Channel”
  • Persian: “کانال شمالی”
  • Polish: “Kanał Północny”
  • Portuguese: “Canal do Norte”
  • Russian: “Северный пролив”
  • Scots: “North Chainel”
  • Scots: “Sheuch”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sruth na Maoile”
  • Serbian: “Severni prolaz”
  • Serbian: “Северни пролаз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni prolaz”
  • Slovak: “Severný prieliv”
  • Slovenian: “North Channel”
  • Slovenian: “Severni kanal”
  • Spanish: “Canal del Norte”
  • Swedish: “Irländska kanalen”
  • Swedish: “Nordkanalen”
  • Tamil: “வடக்குக் கால்வாய்”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна протока”
  • Vlaams: “Noordkanoal”
  • Welsh: “Sianel y Gogledd”
  • Western Frisian: “Noarderkanaal”
  • Wu Chinese: “北海海峡”

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