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| English Channel | |
| Continuity: | Real world |
| Aliases: | The Channel |
| Category: | Body of water |
| Region: | Atlantic Ocean |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | England France |
The English Channel is a body of water that serves as an arm of the Atlantic Ocean separating England and France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is 350 miles long and its width varies between 21 miles at its narrowest and 150 miles at its widest.
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- Mont-Saint-Michel
- The is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. It lies approximately one kilometre (one-half nautical mile) off France's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred meters from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, and defensible as the incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War. A small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the benefits of its natural defense and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime.
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- Popeye and Bluto once challenged each other to swim the English Channel. Bluto utilized numerous methods to cheat, but ultimately Popeye's use of performance enhancing spinach allowed him to win the day. [1]
- Libby Lawrence, the super-hero known as Liberty Belle, is credited for having swam the English Channel after the boat she was on was sunken by German air fire in 1940. [2]