Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel is a railway which connects the with , beneath the English Channel. The undersea route is around 31.35 mi long, with trains carrying freight and passengers, including car shuttles.
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  • Type: Tunnel
  • Description: rail tunnel beneath the English Channel between France and Great Britain
  • Also known as: Chunnel”, “Eurotunnel”, and “Tunnel sous la Manche

Channel Tunnel

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
Geo­Names ID
6619362
Wiki­data ID
Q10257
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Channel Tunnel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Kanaaltonnel
  • Albanian: Eurotuneli
  • Arabic: نفق القناة
  • Arabic: نفق المانش
  • Arabic: نفق بحر المانش
  • Armenian: Եվրաթունել
  • Asturian: Eurotúnel
  • Azerbaijani: La Manş Tuneli
  • Azerbaijani: La-Manş tuneli
  • Basque: Eurotunel
  • Basque: Eurotunela
  • Basque: Mantxako tunela
  • Belarusian: Еўратунэль
  • Belarusian: Эўратунэль
  • Bengali: চ্যানেল টানেল
  • Bulgarian: Евротунел
  • Bulgarian: Тунел под Ла Манш
  • Catalan: Eurotúnel
  • Catalan: Túnel del Canal de la Mànega
  • Catalan: Túnel del canal
  • Chinese: 欧洲隧道
  • Chinese: 歐洲隧道
  • Chinese: 海峽隧道
  • Chinese: 英吉利海峡跨海隧
  • Chinese: 英吉利海峡跨海隧道
  • Chinese: 英吉利海峡隧道
  • Chinese: 英法海峽隧道
  • Chinese: 英法海底隧道
  • Chinese: 英法隧道
  • Chuvash: Евротоннель
  • Croatian: Eurotunel
  • Czech: Eurotunel
  • Danish: Eurotunnelen
  • Danish: Kanaltunnelen
  • Dhivehi: Channel Tunnel
  • Dhivehi: ޗެނަލް ޓަނެލް
  • Dimli (individual language): Tunelê Manşi
  • Dutch: Chunnel
  • Dutch: Kanaaltunnel
  • Egyptian Arabic: نفق المانش
  • Esperanto: Manika Tunelo
  • Estonian: Calais‘ väina tunnel
  • Estonian: Channel Tunnel
  • Estonian: Chunnel
  • Estonian: Doveri väina tunnel
  • Estonian: Eurotunnel
  • Estonian: La Manche’i tunnel
  • Estonian: Le tunnel sous la Manche
  • Finnish: Eurotunneli
  • Finnish: Kanaalin tunneli
  • Finnish: Kanaalitunneli
  • French: Chunnel
  • French: le tunnel sous la Manche
  • French: tunnel sous la Manche
  • French: Tunnel sous la Manche
  • Galician: Eurotúnel
  • Galician: Túnel da Mancha
  • Georgian: ევროგვირაბი
  • Georgian: ლა-მანშის გვირაბი
  • Georgian: ლამანშის გვირაბი
  • German: Ärmelkanaltunnel
  • German: Chunnel
  • German: Euro-Tunnel
  • German: Eurotunnel
  • German: Kanaltunnel
  • German: Tunnel sous la Manche
  • Greek: Σήραγγα της Μάγχης
  • Greek: Τούνελ της Μάγχης
  • Gujarati: દરિયાઈ બોગદું
  • Hebrew: מנהרת התעלה
  • Hebrew: מנהרת תעלת למאנש
  • Hindi: चैनल सुरंग
  • Hungarian: Csalagút
  • Hungarian: Csatorna-alagút
  • Icelandic: Ermarsundsgöng
  • Icelandic: Ermarsundsgöngin
  • Ido: Tunelo sub Angla kanalo
  • Ido: Tunelo sub la Mancho
  • Indonesian: Terowongan Channel
  • Irish: Tollán Mhuir nIocht
  • Italian: Channel Tunnel
  • Italian: tunnel della Manica
  • Italian: Tunnel della Manica
  • Italian: Tunnel sotto la Manica
  • Japanese: チャネル・トンネル
  • Japanese: ドーバー海峡トンネル
  • Japanese: ユーロトンネル
  • Japanese: 英仏トンネル
  • Japanese: 英仏海峡トンネル
  • Javanese: Trowongan Channel
  • Kannada: ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಕಡಲ್ಗಾಲುವೆಯ ಸುರಂಗ
  • Khmer: ផ្លូវរូងដីក្រោមសមុទ្រ
  • Korean: 영불해저터널
  • Korean: 유로 터널
  • Korean: 유로터널
  • Korean: 채널 터널
  • Latin: Cuniculus Freti Gallici
  • Latvian: Eirotunelis
  • Latvian: Lamanša tunelis
  • Lithuanian: Eurotunelis
  • Luxembourgish: Eurotunnel
  • Luxembourgish: Tunnel ënner dem Äermelkanal
  • Luxembourgish: Tunnel ënnert der Manche
  • Macedonian: Евротунел
  • Macedonian: Каналски тунел
  • Macedonian: Тунел под Ламанш
  • Malay: Terowong Alur Inggeris
  • Malay: Terowong Alur
  • Malay: Terowong Selat Inggeris
  • Malay: Terowong Selat
  • Malayalam: Channel Tunnel
  • Malayalam: ചാനൽ ടണൽ
  • Manx: Thiollane Vooir Eeaght
  • Marathi: खाडी भुयार
  • Marathi: खाडीखालचा बोगदा
  • Marathi: चनेल
  • Marathi: चॅनल टनेल
  • Mazanderani: مانش تونل
  • Mingrelian: ლა-მანშიშ სორილი
  • Northern Luri: تونئیل مانش
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kanaltunnelen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Channel Tunnel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Chunnel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Eurotunnel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kanaltunnelen
  • Norwegian: Kanaltunnelen
  • Ossetian: Евротъунел
  • Persian: تونل زيردريائي مانش
  • Persian: تونل زيردريايي كانال مانش
  • Persian: تونل زیردریائی مانش
  • Persian: تونل زیردریایی کانال مانش
  • Persian: تونل كانال مانش
  • Persian: تونل کانال مانش
  • Persian: تونل مانش
  • Polish: Channel Tunnel
  • Polish: Chunnel
  • Polish: Eurotunel
  • Polish: Eurotunnel
  • Polish: Tunnel sous la Manche
  • Portuguese: Eurotúnel
  • Portuguese: Túnel da mancha
  • Romanian: Tunelul Canalului Mânecii
  • Romanian: Tunelul de sub Canalul Mânecii
  • Russian: Евро-туннель
  • Russian: Евротоннель
  • Russian: Евротуннель
  • Russian: Тоннель под Ла-Маншем
  • Scots: Chainel Tunnel
  • Scots: Chainnel Tunnel
  • Serbian: Evrotunel
  • Serbian: Евротунел
  • Serbo-Croatian: Eurotunel
  • Slovak: Eurotunel
  • Slovak: Eurotunnel
  • Slovenian: Chunnel
  • Slovenian: Eurotunnel
  • Slovenian: Evropredor
  • Slovenian: predor pod Rokavskim prelivom
  • Slovenian: Predor pod Rokavskim prelivom
  • Spanish: Chunnel
  • Spanish: Eurotunel
  • Spanish: Eurotúnel
  • Spanish: Eurotunnel
  • Spanish: Perforadora del Eurotunel
  • Spanish: Perforadora del Eurotúnel
  • Spanish: Tunel bajo el Canal de la Mancha
  • Spanish: Túnel bajo el Canal de la Mancha
  • Spanish: Tunel del Canal de la Mancha
  • Spanish: Túnel del Canal de la Mancha
  • Spanish: Tunel del Canal
  • Spanish: Túnel del Canal
  • Swedish: Eurotunnel
  • Swedish: Eurotunneln
  • Swedish: Kanaltunneln
  • Tagalog: Lagusan ng Bambang Ingles
  • Tamil: கால்வாய் சுரங்கம்
  • Tatar: Ла-Манш тоннеле
  • Thai: Channel Tunnel
  • Thai: อุโมงค์ช่องแคบอังกฤษ
  • Turkish: Manş Tüneli
  • Ukrainian: Євротунель
  • Urdu: چینل ٹنل
  • Urdu: چینل سرنگ
  • Urdu: رودباد سرنگ
  • Urdu: سرنگ رودبار انگلستان
  • Vietnamese: Đường hầm eo biển Manche
  • Welsh: Twnnel y Sianel
  • Western Frisian: Eurotunnel
  • 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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