Bristol Channel
The Bristol Channel is a tidal estuary in the United Kingdom. It separates South Wales from the West Country. Several seaside towns line its shores, including Tenby, Porthcawl, Barry, Burnham-on-Sea, Minehead and Ilfracombe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: major inlet in the island of Great Britain
- Also known as: “Bristoll Channel”
Bristol Channel
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3804° or 51° 22′ 49″ northLongitude
-4.1367° or 4° 8′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C3Q9VJ7+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 7367542815
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Bristol Channel” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kanaal van Bristol”
- Arabic: “قناة برستل”
- Arabic: “قناه بريستول”
- Armenian: “Բրիստոլի ծոց”
- Asturian: “Canal de Bristol”
- Asturian: “Canal de Brístol”
- Azerbaijani: “Bristol körfəzi”
- Basque: “Bristolgo kanala”
- Belarusian: “Брыстальская затока”
- Belarusian: “Брыстальскі заліў”
- Bengali: “ব্রিস্টল প্রণালী”
- Bengali: “সেভার্ন সাগর”
- Breton: “Mor Hafren”
- Breton: “Môr Hafren”
- Breton: “Mor Havren”
- Bulgarian: “Бристълски залив”
- Bulgarian: “Бристълски канал”
- Catalan: “Canal de Bristol”
- Chechen: “Бристолан айма”
- Chinese: “Bristol Hái-kiap”
- Chinese: “布里斯托尔湾”
- Chinese: “布里斯托海峽”
- Chinese: “布里斯托湾”
- Chinese: “碧仙桃灣”
- Cornish: “Mor Havren”
- Croatian: “Bristolski kanal”
- Croatian: “Bristolski zaljev”
- Czech: “Bristolský záliv”
- Danish: “Bristol Channel”
- Danish: “Bristolkanalen”
- Danish: “Môr Hafren”
- Dutch: “Bristol Channel”
- Dutch: “Bristolkanaal”
- Dutch: “Kanaal van Bristol”
- Esperanto: “Bristola Golfo”
- Esperanto: “Kanalo de Bristol”
- Estonian: “Bristoli laht”
- Finnish: “Bristolin kanaali”
- French: “Bristol Channel”
- French: “canal de Bristol”
- French: “Canal de Bristol”
- Galician: “Canle de Bristol”
- Georgian: “ბრისტოლის ყურე”
- German: “Bristol Channel”
- German: “Bristol-Kanal”
- German: “Bristolkanal”
- German: “Mor Hafren”
- German: “Môr Hafren”
- Greek: “Κανάλι του Μπρίστολ”
- Hebrew: “תעלת בריסטול”
- Icelandic: “Bristolflói”
- Indonesian: “Selat Bristol”
- Irish: “Caol Bhriostó”
- Italian: “Bristol Channel”
- Italian: “Canale di Bristol”
- Japanese: “ブリストル海峡”
- Kazakh: “Brïstol şığanağı”
- Kazakh: “Бристол шығанағы”
- Kazakh: “برىيستول شىعاناعى”
- Korean: “브리스톨 해협”
- Korean: “브리스틀 해협”
- Latin: “Aestuarium Sabrinae”
- Latin: “Sabrinae Aestuarium”
- Latvian: “Bristoles līcis”
- Lithuanian: “Bristolio įlanka”
- Lithuanian: “Bristolio kanalas”
- Livvi: “Môr Hafren”
- Lombard: “Canal de Bristol”
- Macedonian: “Бристолски Залив”
- Macedonian: “Бристолски Канал”
- Malay: “Selat Bristol”
- Manx: “Ammyr Bristol”
- Manx: “Ammyr Vristol”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bristol Hái-kiap”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bristol Channel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bristol-kanalen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bristolkanalen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mor Hafren”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Môr Hafren”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bristol Channel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bristolkanalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Môr Hafren”
- Norwegian: “Bristolkanalen”
- Ossetian: “Бристолы бакæлæн”
- Persian: “کانال بریستول”
- Polish: “Kanał Bristolski”
- Portuguese: “Canal de Bristol”
- Russian: “Бристольский залив”
- Russian: “Бристольский канал”
- Scots: “Bristol Channel”
- Serbian: “Bristolski zaliv”
- Serbian: “Бристолски залив”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bristolski kanal”
- Slovak: “Bristolský záliv”
- Slovenian: “Bristol Channel”
- Slovenian: “Bristolski zaliv”
- Slovenian: “Môr Hafren”
- Spanish: “Canal de Bristol”
- Spanish: “Canal de Brístol”
- Swahili: “Mfereji wa Bristol”
- Swedish: “Bristol Channel”
- Swedish: “Bristolkanalen”
- Swedish: “Môr Hafren”
- Tatar: “Бристоль култыгы”
- Thai: “ช่องแคบบริสตอล”
- Turkish: “Bristol Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Бристольська затока”
- Ukrainian: “Брістольська затока”
- Vietnamese: “eo biển Bristol”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Bristol”
- Vlaams: “Bristolkanoal”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kanal han Bristol”
- Welsh: “Aber Henfelen”
- Welsh: “Môr Hafren”
- Welsh: “Sianel Bryste”
- Western Frisian: “Bristolkanaal”
- Western Frisian: “Kanaal fan Bristol”
- Wu Chinese: “布里斯托湾”
- Yue Chinese: “碧仙桃灣”
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