Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel is a railway which connects the United Kingdom with France, beneath the English Channel. The undersea route is around 31.35 mi long, with trains carrying freight and passengers, including car shuttles.
- Type: Tunnel
- Description: rail tunnel beneath the English Channel between France and Great Britain
- Also known as: “Ärmelkanaltunnel”, “Calais‘ väina tunnel”, “Chainnel Tunnel”, “Csalagút”, “Doveri väina tunnel”, “Eirotunelis”, “Ermarsundsgöng”, “Euro-Tunnel”, “Eurotunnel”, “Eurotunneli”, “Eurotunneln”, “Evropredor”, “Kanaalitunneli”, “Kanaltunnel”, “La Manche’i tunnel”, “La Manş Tuneli”, “Le tunnel sous la Manche”, “Perforadora del Eurotunel”, “Perforadora del Eurotúnel”, “Terowong Alur”, “Terowong Alur Inggeris”, “Terowong Selat Inggeris”, “Tunel bajo el Canal de la Mancha”, “Túnel bajo el Canal de la Mancha”, “Túnel da mancha”, “Túnel da Mancha”, “Tunel del Canal”, “Túnel del canal”, “Túnel del Canal”, “Tunel del Canal de la Mancha”, “Túnel del Canal de la Mancha”, “Túnel del Canal de la Mànega”, “Tunelul de sub Canalul Mânecii”, “Tunnel sotto la Manica”, “Τούνελ της Μάγχης”, “Евро-туннель”, “Евротуннель”, “Каналски тунел”, “Тоннель под Ла-Маншем”, “Тунел под Ламанш”, “ევროგვირაბი”, “ლამანშის გვირაბი”, “מנהרת תעלת למאנש”, “تونل زيردريائي مانش”, “تونل زيردريايي كانال مانش”, “تونل زیردریائی مانش”, “تونل زیردریایی کانال مانش”, “تونل كانال مانش”, “تونل کانال مانش”, “چینل ٹنل”, “رودباد سرنگ”, “نفق القناة”, “نفق بحر المانش”, “खाडी भुयार”, “खाडीखालचा बोगदा”, “चनेल”, “영불해저터널”, “유로 터널”, “유로터널”, “チャネル・トンネル”, “ドーバー海峡トンネル”, “ユーロトンネル”, “欧洲隧道”, “歐洲隧道”, “海峽隧道”, “英仏トンネル”, “英吉利海峡跨海隧”, “英吉利海峡跨海隧道”, “英法海峽隧道”, and “英法隧道”
Channel Tunnel
- Categories: international tunnel, undersea tunnel, railway tunnel, and transport
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.01251° or 51° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
1.50408° or 1° 30′ 15″ east
Elevation
-197 feet (-60 metres)
Open location code
9F332G73+2J
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Channel Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kanaaltonnel”
- Albanian: “Eurotuneli”
- Arabic: “نفق المانش”
- Armenian: “Եվրաթունել”
- Asturian: “Eurotúnel”
- Azerbaijani: “La-Manş tuneli”
- Basque: “Eurotunela”
- Basque: “Mantxako tunela”
- Belarusian: “Еўратунэль”
- Belarusian: “Эўратунэль”
- Bengali: “চ্যানেল টানেল”
- Bulgarian: “Тунел под Ла Манш”
- Catalan: “Eurotúnel”
- Chinese: “英法海底隧道”
- Chuvash: “Евротоннель”
- Croatian: “Eurotunel”
- Czech: “Eurotunel”
- Danish: “Eurotunnelen”
- Dhivehi: “ޗެނަލް ޓަނެލް”
- Dimli (individual language): “Tunelê Manşi”
- Dutch: “Kanaaltunnel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نفق المانش”
- Esperanto: “Manika Tunelo”
- Estonian: “Eurotunnel”
- Finnish: “Kanaalin tunneli”
- French: “Chunnel”
- French: “le tunnel sous la Manche”
- French: “tunnel sous la Manche”
- French: “Tunnel sous la Manche”
- Galician: “Eurotúnel”
- Georgian: “ლა-მანშის გვირაბი”
- German: “Eurotunnel”
- Greek: “Σήραγγα της Μάγχης”
- Gujarati: “દરિયાઈ બોગદું”
- Hebrew: “מנהרת התעלה”
- Hindi: “चैनल टनल”
- Hindi: “चैनल सुरंग”
- Hungarian: “Csatorna-alagút”
- Icelandic: “Ermarsundsgöngin”
- Ido: “Tunelo sub Angla kanalo”
- Ido: “Tunelo sub la Mancho”
- Indonesian: “Terowongan Channel”
- Irish: “Tollán Mhuir nIocht”
- Italian: “tunnel della Manica”
- Italian: “Tunnel della Manica”
- Japanese: “英仏海峡トンネル”
- Javanese: “Trowongan Channel”
- Kannada: “ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಕಡಲ್ಗಾಲುವೆಯ ಸುರಂಗ”
- Khmer: “ផ្លូវរូងដីក្រោមសមុទ្រ”
- Korean: “채널 터널”
- Latin: “Cuniculus Freti Gallici”
- Latvian: “Lamanša tunelis”
- Lithuanian: “Eurotunelis”
- Luxembourgish: “Tunnel ënner dem Äermelkanal”
- Luxembourgish: “Tunnel ënnert der Manche”
- Macedonian: “Евротунел”
- Malay: “Terowong Selat”
- Malayalam: “ചാനൽ ടണൽ”
- Manx: “Thiollane Vooir Eeaght”
- Marathi: “चॅनल टनेल”
- Mazanderani: “مانش تونل”
- Mingrelian: “ლა-მანშიშ სორილი”
- Northern Luri: “تونئیل مانش”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanaltunnelen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kanaltunnelen”
- Norwegian: “Kanaltunnelen”
- Ossetian: “Евротъунел”
- Persian: “تونل مانش”
- Polish: “Eurotunel”
- Portuguese: “Eurotúnel”
- Romanian: “Tunelul Canalului Mânecii”
- Russian: “Евротоннель”
- Scots: “Chainel Tunnel”
- Serbian: “Evrotunel”
- Serbian: “Евротунел”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Eurotunel”
- Slovak: “Eurotunel”
- Slovenian: “predor pod Rokavskim prelivom”
- Slovenian: “Predor pod Rokavskim prelivom”
- Spanish: “Eurotúnel”
- Swedish: “Kanaltunneln”
- Tagalog: “Lagusan ng Bambang Ingles”
- Tamil: “கால்வாய் சுரங்கம்”
- Tatar: “Ла-Манш тоннеле”
- Thai: “อุโมงค์ช่องแคบอังกฤษ”
- Turkish: “Manş Tüneli”
- Ukrainian: “Євротунель”
- Urdu: “سرنگ رودبار انگلستان”
- Vietnamese: “Đường hầm eo biển Manche”
- Welsh: “Twnnel y Sianel”
- Western Frisian: “Kanaaltunnel”
- Western Panjabi: “چینل سرنگ”
- Wu Chinese: “英吉利海峡隧道”
- Wu Chinese: “英法海底隧道”
- Yakut: “Евротоннель”
- Yiddish: “קאנאל טונעל”
- Yue Chinese: “英法海底隧道”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cap Gris-Nez and Cap Blanc-Nez.
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Places to explore: The Varne and Banc à la Ligne.
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