Passe de l’Est
Passe de l’Est is a strait in Normandy, France. Passe de l’Est is situated nearby to the hamlet Le Becquet de Tourlaville, as well as near Le Becquet de Digosville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include French submarine Redoutable and Cité de la Mer.
French submarine Redoutable
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE.
Cité de la Mer
Museum
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and Bretteville.
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherbourg is a port town at the north end of the Cotentin Peninsula in Manche, France. Cherbourg is located near the D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed in 1944 during World War II. The town was liberated by American troops shortly after that.
Bretteville
Village
Photo: Xfigpower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bretteville is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern France.
Passe de l’Est
- Type: Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.67082° or 49° 40′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.59141° or 1° 35′ 29″ westOpen location code
8CXWMCC5+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 3119788264OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
3231069
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