The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern … See more

Geography
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the English Channel as: See more

The Channel is thought to have prevented Neanderthals from colonising Britain during the Last Interglacial/Eemian, though they returned to Britain during the Last Glacial Period … See more

Shipping
The Channel has traffic on both the UK–Europe and North Sea–Atlantic routes, and is the world's busiest seaway, with over 500 ships … See more

The name first appears in Roman sources as Oceanus Britannicus (or Mare Britannicum, meaning the Ocean, or the Sea, of the Britons or Britannī). Variations of this term were used by influential writers such as Ptolemy, and remained popular with British and … See more

The English Channel coast is far more densely populated on the English shore. The most significant towns and cities along both the English and French sides of the Channel (each with … See more

As one of the narrowest and most well-known international waterways lacking dangerous currents, the Channel has been the first objective of numerous innovative sea, air, and See more