English Channel: Quick Facts

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Map showing the physical features, major cities, and national boundaries around the Baltic Sea, North Sea, and English Channel regions of northern and western Europe. The map highlights coastal countries including the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia, with sea depths indicated and key islands, peninsulas, and underwater trenches labeled.

Arromanches, France; English Channel

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A large hovercraft travels across the English Channel near Dover, with the white cliffs of Dover visible in the background.

Arromanches-les-Bains, on the English Channel

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