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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern . It links to the southern part of the by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end.
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  • Type: Sea
  • Description: arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France
  • Also known as: “Britannic Ocean”, “British Channel”, “British Ocean”, “Der Kanal”, “the Channel”, and “the English Channel”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

English Channel

Latitude
50° north
Longitude
-1° or 1° west
Open location code
9C2X2222+22
Geo­Names ID
2649991
Wiki­data ID
Q34640
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“English Channel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Engelse Kanaal”
  • Albanian: “Kanali Anglez”
  • Albanian: “Kanali i la Manshit”
  • Albanian: “La Mansh”
  • Amharic: “የእንግሊዝ ወሽመጥ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βρεττανικὴ Θάλασσα”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βρεττανικὸς Ὠκεανός”
  • Arabic: “القناة الإنجليزية”
  • Arabic: “القناة الإنكليزية”
  • Arabic: “القناة الانجليزية”
  • Arabic: “القنال الإنجليزي”
  • Arabic: “القنال الانجليزي”
  • Arabic: “القنال الانجليزية”
  • Arabic: “المانش”
  • Arabic: “بحر المانش”
  • Arabic: “قناة إنجليزية”
  • Arabic: “قناة إنكليزية”
  • Arabic: “قنال انجليزي”
  • Aragonese: “Canal d’a Manga”
  • Armenian: “Անգլիական նեղուց”
  • Armenian: “Լա Մանշ”
  • Asturian: “Canal de la Mancha”
  • Azerbaijani: “İngilis kanalı”
  • Azerbaijani: “La Manş boğazı”
  • Azerbaijani: “La Manş kanalı”
  • Azerbaijani: “La Manş”
  • Azerbaijani: “La-Manş”
  • Bashkir: “Ла-Манш”
  • Basque: “Mantxako itsasoa”
  • Basque: “Mantxako kanal”
  • Basque: “Mantxako kanala”
  • Bavarian: “Ärmekanei”
  • Belarusian: “Англійскі канал”
  • Belarusian: “Ла-Манш”
  • Belarusian: “Ля-Манш”
  • Bengali: “ইংলিশ চ্যানেল”
  • Bhojpuri: “इंग्लिश चैनल”
  • Bosnian: “Engleski kanal”
  • Bosnian: “La Manche”
  • Breton: “Mor Breizh”
  • Bulgarian: “Английски Канал”
  • Bulgarian: “Ла Манш”
  • Bulgarian: “Ла Манша”
  • Bulgarian: “Ламанш”
  • Catalan: “Canal Anglès”
  • Catalan: “canal de la Mànega”
  • Catalan: “Canal de la Mànega”
  • Catalan: “La Mànega”
  • Cebuano: “Kanal La Mancha”
  • Central Kurdish: “نۆکەندی ئینگلیز”
  • Chechen: “Ла-Манш”
  • Chinese: “拉芒什海峡”
  • Chinese: “拉芒什海峽”
  • Chinese: “英伦海峡”
  • Chinese: “英倫海峽”
  • Chinese: “英吉利海峡”
  • Chinese: “英吉利海峽”
  • Chuvash: “Ла-Манш”
  • Cornish: “Chanel”
  • Cornish: “Mor Bretannek”
  • Cornish: “Mor Bretennek”
  • Croatian: “Engleski kanal”
  • Croatian: “English Channel”
  • Croatian: “Kanal”
  • Croatian: “La Manche”
  • Czech: “Anglický kanál”
  • Czech: “English Channel”
  • Czech: “Kanál La Manche”
  • Czech: “La Manche”
  • Czech: “Lamanšský kanál”
  • Czech: “Lamanšský průliv”
  • Czech: “Průliv La Manche”
  • Danish: “Den engelske kanal”
  • Danish: “Engelske Kanal”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kanalê Manşi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Qanalê Manşi”
  • Dutch: “Engelse Kanaal”
  • Dutch: “Het Kanaal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القنال الإنجليزى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القنال الإنجليزي”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القنال الانجليزى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المانش”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مانش”
  • Esperanto: “Angla Markolo”
  • Esperanto: “Kanalo La Manche”
  • Esperanto: “La Manche”
  • Esperanto: “Manika Markolo”
  • Estonian: “Inglise Kanal”
  • Estonian: “La Manche’i väin”
  • Estonian: “La Manche”
  • Extremaduran: “Canal dela Mancha”
  • Finnish: “Englannin kanaali”
  • Finnish: “Kanaali”
  • French: “La Manche”
  • French: “Manche”
  • French: “Mer de la Manche”
  • French: “Mer Manche”
  • Galician: “Canal da Mancha”
  • Galician: “Canle da Mancha”
  • Georgian: “ინგლისის არხი”
  • Georgian: “ინგლისის სრუტე”
  • Georgian: “ლა მანში”
  • Georgian: “ლა-მანში”
  • Georgian: “ლა-მანშის სრუტე”
  • German: “Ärmel Kanal”
  • German: “Ärmelkanal”
  • German: “English Channel”
  • German: “La Manche”
  • Greek: “Θάλασσα της Μάγχης”
  • Greek: “Μάγχη”
  • Greek: “Μανς”
  • Greek: “Νησιά της Μάγχης”
  • Greek: “Στενό της Μάγχης”
  • Hebrew: “התעלה האנגלית”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לאמאנש”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לאמנש”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לה מאנש”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לה מנש”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לה-מאנש”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לה-מנש”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת למאנש”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת למנש”
  • Hindi: “इंग्लिश चैनल”
  • Hungarian: “A Csatorna”
  • Hungarian: “English Channel”
  • Hungarian: “La Manche csatorna”
  • Hungarian: “La Manche-csatorna”
  • Hungarian: “La Manche”
  • Icelandic: “Ermarsund”
  • Icelandic: “Ermasund”
  • Inari Sami: “Eŋland kaanaal”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Inggris”
  • Interlingua: “Le Manica”
  • Irish: “An Mhuir nIocht”
  • Irish: “Muir nIocht”
  • Italian: “Canale della manica”
  • Italian: “Canale della Manica”
  • Italian: “la Manica”
  • Italian: “La Manica”
  • Italian: “Stretto della Manica”
  • Japanese: “イギリス海峡”
  • Japanese: “ラマンシュ海峡”
  • Japanese: “英仏海峡”
  • Japanese: “英国海峡”
  • Javanese: “Kanal Inggris”
  • Kannada: “ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಕಡಲ್ಗಾಲುವೆ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Ла-Манш ачыкъбогъаз”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Ла-Манш”
  • Kazakh: “Ла-Манш”
  • Kirghiz: “Ла-Манш”
  • Komi: “Ла-Манш”
  • Korean: “라망슈”
  • Korean: “영국 해협”
  • Korean: “영국해협”
  • Korean: “영불 해협”
  • Korean: “영불해협”
  • Kurdish: “English Channel”
  • Kurdish: “Kanala English”
  • Kurdish: “La Manche”
  • Kurdish: “Lamanş”
  • Kurdish: “Manş”
  • Kurdish: “Tengava Lamanşê”
  • Lao: “ຊ່ອງແຄບອັງກິດ”
  • Latin: “Fretum Anglicum”
  • Latin: “Fretum Britannicum”
  • Latin: “Mare Britannicum”
  • Latin: “Oceanus Britannicus”
  • Latvian: “Lamanša jūras šaurums”
  • Latvian: “Lamanšs”
  • Limburgan: “‘t Kanaal”
  • Limburgan: “’t Kanaal”
  • Limburgan: “‘t Kenaal”
  • Lithuanian: “La Manšas”
  • Lithuanian: “Lamanšas”
  • Lithuanian: “Lamanšo sąsiauris”
  • Lombard: “Canal de la Manega”
  • Low German: “Engelschen Kanal”
  • Low German: “Engelske kanål”
  • Luxembourgish: “Äermelkanal”
  • Macedonian: “Ламанш”
  • Malay: “Selat Inggeris”
  • Malayalam: “English Channel”
  • Malayalam: “ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് ചാനൽ”
  • Maltese: “Fliegu Ingliż”
  • Maltese: “Kanal Ingliż”
  • Maltese: “La Manche”
  • Maltese: “The Channel”
  • Manx: “Mooir yn Eeaght”
  • Maori: “Te Hongere Ingarihi”
  • Marathi: “इंग्लिश खाडी”
  • Marathi: “इंग्लिश चॅनेल”
  • Mazanderani: “مانش کانال”
  • Mingrelian: “ლა-მანში”
  • Mongolian: “Ла-Маншийн хоолой”
  • Narom: “Ch’na”
  • Narom: “Ch’nal”
  • Narom: “Maunche”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ingelsk Kanool”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den engelske kanal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Engelske kanal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den engelske kanal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den engelske kanalen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Engelske kanal”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Engelske kanalen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kanalen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “La Manche”
  • Norwegian: “Den engelske kanal”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Marga”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþsǣ”
  • Ossetian: “Ла-Манш”
  • Panjabi: “ਇੰਗਲਿਸ਼ ਚੈਨਲ”
  • Persian: “خلیج عقبه”
  • Persian: “دریای مانش”
  • Persian: “کانال انگلیس”
  • Persian: “کانال انگلیسی”
  • Persian: “کانال مانش”
  • Picard: “Manche”
  • Piemontese: “Canal dla Mania”
  • Polish: “Kanał Angielski”
  • Polish: “Kanał La Manche”
  • Polish: “La Manche”
  • Portuguese: “Canal Britânico”
  • Portuguese: “Canal da Mancha”
  • Portuguese: “Canal Inglês”
  • Portuguese: “La Manche”
  • Portuguese: “Mar da Mancha”
  • Pushto: “انګلیسي چینل”
  • Romanian: “Canalul Mânecii”
  • Romanian: “Canalului Mânecii”
  • Romanian: “La-Manche”
  • Romanian: “Marea Manecii”
  • Romanian: “Marea Mânecii”
  • Russian: “Английский канал”
  • Russian: “Английский пролив”
  • Russian: “Галльский пролив”
  • Russian: “Ла манш”
  • Russian: “Ла-Манш (Английский канал)”
  • Russian: “Ла-Манш”
  • Russian: “Ламанш”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Sleeuwekanoal”
  • Scots: “Inglis Chainel”
  • Scots: “Inglis Chainnel”
  • Scots: “Inglis Channel”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caolas na Frainge”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caolas Sasannach”
  • Serbian: “La Manche”
  • Serbian: “Енглески канал”
  • Serbian: “Канал Ла Манш”
  • Serbian: “Канал Ламанш”
  • Serbian: “Ла Манш”
  • Serbian: “Ламанш”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Engleski kanal”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kanal La Manš”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “La Manche”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lamanš”
  • Sicilian: “Canali dâ Mànica”
  • Slovak: “Lamanšský kanál”
  • Slovak: “Lamanšský prieliv”
  • Slovenian: “Angleški kanal”
  • Slovenian: “Rokavski preliv”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مانش بوْغازی”
  • Spanish: “canal de la Mancha”
  • Spanish: “Canal de la Mancha”
  • Spanish: “mar de la Mancha”
  • Swahili: “Mfereji wa Kiingereza”
  • Swedish: “Engelska kanalen”
  • Swiss German: “Ärmelkanal”
  • Swiss German: “Eermelkanal”
  • Tagalog: “Bambang ng Inglatera”
  • Tagalog: “Canal Ingles”
  • Tagalog: “Channel Tunnel”
  • Tagalog: “English Channel”
  • Tagalog: “Kanal Ingles”
  • Tagalog: “Tunel ng Bambang”
  • Tagalog: “Tunnel ng Bambang”
  • Tajik: “Ла манш”
  • Tajik: “Ла-манш”
  • Tamil: “ஆங்கிலக் கால்வாய்”
  • Tamil: “ஆங்கிலேயக் கால்வாய்”
  • Tatar: “Ла-Манш”
  • Telugu: “ఇంగ్లీషు చానల్”
  • Telugu: “ప్రాంతీయ సముద్రం లో ఒక భాగం”
  • Thai: “English Channel”
  • Thai: “ช่องแคบอังกฤษ”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Ärmelkanal”
  • Turkish: “English Channel”
  • Turkish: “İngiliz Kanalı”
  • Turkish: “Manş Denizi”
  • Turkish: “Manş Kanalı”
  • Ukrainian: “Англійський Канал”
  • Ukrainian: “Ла-Манш”
  • Urdu: “انگریزی چینل.”
  • Urdu: “انگلش چینل”
  • Urdu: “رودباد انگلستان”
  • Urdu: “رودبار انگلستان”
  • Uzbek: “La-Mansh Boʻgʻoz”
  • Venetian: “Canal de ła Mànega”
  • Venetian: “Canal de ła Mànica”
  • Venetian: “Canałe de ła Mànega”
  • Venetian: “Canałe de ła Mànica”
  • Venetian: “Mànega”
  • Vietnamese: “biển Manche”
  • Vietnamese: “eo biển Anh”
  • Vietnamese: “eo biển Manche”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Manche”
  • Vietnamese: “eo biển Măng-sơ”
  • Vietnamese: “eo biển Măngsơ”
  • Vlaams: “Iengels Kanoal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “English Channel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kanal Ingles”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kanal La Mancha”
  • Welsh: “Môr Udd”
  • Welsh: “Y Sianel”
  • Western Frisian: “It Kanaal”
  • Western Panjabi: “انگلش چینل”
  • Western Panjabi: “رودباد انگلستان”
  • Wu Chinese: “English channel”
  • Wu Chinese: “英吉利海峡”
  • Yiddish: “ענגלישן קאנאל”
  • Yiddish: “ענגלישער קאנאל”
  • Yue Chinese: “英倫海峽”
  • “इंग्लिश चैनल”

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