[28][29] "... Sophisticated social networks linked the Neolithic front in southern Europe to the Mesolithic peoples of northern Europe." In 55 BC Julius Caesar invaded, claiming that the Britons had aided the Veneti against him the previous year. ↑ La Manche, Encyclopædia Universalis, La Manche est parfois aussi classé comme mer intracontinentale; toutefois cette mer est bien connecté à l'océan Atlantique via la mer … Marine GPS systems allow ships to be preprogrammed to follow navigational channels accurately and automatically, further avoiding risk of running aground, but following the fatal collision between Dutch Aquamarine and Ash in October 2001, Britain's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued a safety bulletin saying it believed that in these most unusual circumstances GPS use had actually contributed to the collision. [2] It is relatively shallow, with an average depth of about 120 m (390 ft) at its widest part, reducing to a depth of about 45 m (148 ft) between Dover and Calais. - la mer du Nord par le pas de Calais à l'est [citation needed], The team with the most number of Channel swims to its credit is the Serpentine Swimming Club in London,[78] followed by the International Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. The German troops on the islands surrendered on 9 May 1945, a day after the final surrender in mainland Europe. The Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (MERS) of Michigan is an independent, professional retirement services company. Pierre Andriel crossed the English Channel aboard the Élise, ex the Scottish p.s. Elle communique avec : It is the busiest shipping area in the world.. Mais j’habite dans la Manche depuis de nombreuses années. C'est aussi un très important couloir de migration pour les oiseaux et certains poissons. Nous relevons quotidiennement la température de la mer dans 5 pays ou régions, parmi lesquels : l'Angleterre, la Bretagne, le Nord-Pas-de-Calais, la Normandie et la Picardie . Heureux de porter les couleurs de la Manche. Sa largeur oscille entre 180 km dans la partie occidentale et 34 km dans le détroit du Pas de Calais. [5] Later, it has also been known as the "British Channel"[6] or the "British Sea". [citation needed], The Strait of Dover is the busiest stretch of water in the world. Il est alors possible de faire du canoë-kayak à Chausey, du Longe Côte à Hauteville-sur-Mer, de la voile à Jullouville, … et bien d’autres activités encore ! Découvrez la Manche depuis une location de vacances Gîtes de France Manche située en bord de mer. It was called Oceanus Britannicus by the 2nd-century geographer Ptolemy. Dans le détroit, les courants parmi les plus violents au monde entretiennent un écosystème très particulier, parfois comparé à une gigantesque station d'épuration à lit fluidisé, ne pouvant toutefois absorber les excès de nitrates et phosphates que la mer y reçoit, ni les toxiques non biodégradables. Des rafales atteignant 100 km/h sont attendues samedi 24 octobre, au large de La Hague. It is now routine to travel between Paris or Brussels and London on the Eurostar train. For the next 250 years the Scandinavian raiders of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark dominated the North Sea, raiding monasteries, homes, and towns along the coast and along the rivers that ran inland. For the racehorse, see. Au nord du Cotentin, la fosse des Casquets plonge à environ 160 m de profondeur. From the reign of Elizabeth I, English foreign policy concentrated on preventing invasion across the Channel by ensuring no major European power controlled the potential Dutch and Flemish invasion ports. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. La Manche est une mer qui se trouve entre l'Angleterre et la France. The lake was fed by meltwater from the Baltic and from the Caledonian and Scandinavian ice sheets that joined to the north, blocking its exit. Par son statut de bras de mer entre l'océan Atlantique et la mer du Nord, la Manche constitue la principale voie maritime entre l'océan Atlantique et l'Europe du Nord. The sea level was about 120 m (390 ft) lower than it is today. Gertrude Ederle est quant à elle la première femme à la traverser à la nage le 6 août 1926 en 14 heures, 39 minutes. Then, between 450,000 and 180,000 years ago, at least two catastrophic glacial lake outburst floods breached the Weald–Artois anticline. [70], In 1974 a Welsh coracle piloted by Bernard Thomas of Llechryd crossed the English Channel to France in 13½ hours. By a combination of hard fighting and German indecision, the port of Dunkirk was kept open allowing 338,000 Allied troops to be evacuated in Operation Dynamo. The Celtic Sea is to the west of the Channel. Before the development of the modern nations, British scholars very often referred to it as "Gaulish" (Gallicum in Latin) and French scholars as "British" or "English". It was never defined as a political border, and the names were more or less descriptive. A German attack on these vessels resulted in the Battle of Dover Strait in 1917. Avis de tempête de la préfecture maritime : ça va souffler en mer de la Manche . [53] Though the system is inherently incapable of reaching the levels of safety obtained from aviation systems such as the traffic collision avoidance system, it has reduced accidents to one or two per year. In 1204, during the reign of King John, mainland Normandy was taken from England by France under Philip II, while insular Normandy (the Channel Islands) remained under English control. Intense negotiations resulted in some Red Cross humanitarian aid, but there was considerable hunger and privation during the occupation, particularly in the final months, when the population was close to starvation. 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 per day. Carte Manche - Carte et plan détaillé Manche Vous recherchez la carte ou le plan Manche et de ses environs ? La préfecture maritime de la Manche et de la mer du Nord, située à Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, avait alerté le 25 décembre sur cet épisode de vents violents. Cette différenciation se retrouve dans Doris, base de donnée des espèces avec laquelle BioObs s’articule. Français : La Manche se trouve entre la France et l'Angleterre. At the outset of the war, an attempt was made to block the path of U-boats through the Dover Strait with naval minefields. Mon bateau, le ciel et la mer : cela me suffit ! Successful invasions include the Roman conquest of Britain and the Norman Conquest in 1066, while the concentration of excellent harbours in the Western Channel on Britain's south coast made possible the largest amphibious invasion in history, the Normandy Landings in 1944. In modern Dutch, however, it is known as Het Kanaal (with no reference to the word "English"). The flow eroded the retaining ridge, causing the rock dam to fail and releasing lake water into the Atlantic. The paddle steamer Defiance, Captain William Wager, was the first steamer to cross the Channel to Holland, arriving there on 9 May 1816. >>Toutes les activités nautiques et liées au vent dans la Manche. The British monarch is understood to not be the Duke of Normandy in regards of the French region of Normandy described herein, by virtue of the Treaty of Paris of 1259, the surrender of French possessions in 1801, and the belief that the rights of succession to that title are subject to Salic Law which excludes inheritance through female heirs. The sport of Channel swimming traces its origins to the latter part of the 19th century when Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the Strait of Dover, swimming from England to France on 24–25 August 1875 in 21 hours 45 minutes. Her climb to the pre-eminent sea power of the world began in 1588 as the attempted invasion of the Spanish Armada was defeated by the combination of outstanding naval tactics by the English and the Dutch under command of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham with Sir Francis Drake second in command, and the following stormy weather. [83], On 16 September 1965, two Amphicars crossed from Dover to Calais. [citation needed] Blériot's crossing signalled the end of the Channel as a barrier-moat for England against foreign enemies. - les îles Anglo-Normandes En 2005, presque 20 % du trafic mondial des navires déclarés passent par la Manche et empruntent le rail des Casquets. C'est une zone importante de frayères et de nourrissage pour les poissons, mais qui subit les impacts d'une pêche ancienne et intensive, et en particulier du chalutage, en sus des pollutions importantes d'origine terrestre ou marine. [20] At the end of the last glacial period, rising sea levels finally severed the last land connection. Jean Bizet n’est plus sénateur de la Manche depuis le 30 novembre 2020. - Calais-Douvres A failed attempt to cross the Channel by two Syrian refugees in October 2014 only came to light when their bodies were later discovered on the shores of the North Sea in Norway and the Netherlands. Samedi, un nouvel accord a été signé entre Paris et Londres pour mettre un terme à l'immigration clandestine par la mer. An annual cross-channel ski race was run from the Varne Boat Club from the 1960s onwards. (Agence Ecofin) - Doublement des patrouilles, drones, radars pour détecter les migrants qui tentent de traverser la mer de la Manche, ce renforcement de la sécurité contre l’immigration clandestine a coûté plus de 31 millions d’euros à la France et au Royaume-Uni. For nearly a thousand years, the Channel also provided a link between the Modern Celtic regions and languages of Cornwall and Brittany. - les plages du débarquement William Shakespeare, Richard II (Act II, Scene 1). Halvard Mabire est lui resté très fidèle à sa région natale. This crossing was carried out as part of the first road and air trip from Paris to London in a flying car. This condo was built in 1979 and last sold on 6/26/2019 for $106,000. Caen, Cherbourg, Carentan, Falaise and other Norman towns endured many casualties in the fight for the province, which continued until the closing of the so-called Falaise gap between Chambois and Montormel, then liberation of Le Havre. The Channel Swimming Association (CSA) was founded to authenticate and ratify swimmers' claims to have swum the Channel and to verify crossing times. Sa profondeur maximale est de 172 m. Les fonds se situent le plus souvent entre 30 m et 80 m [1]. Trouvez l’adresse qui vous intéresse sur la carte Manche ou préparez un calcul d'itinéraire à partir de ou vers Manche, trouvez tous les sites touristiques et les restaurants du Guide Michelin dans ou à proximité de Manche. The Dover Patrol was set up just before the war started to escort cross-Channel troopships and to prevent submarines from sailing in the Channel, obliging them to travel to the Atlantic via the much longer route around Scotland. - la baie de Somme The Rampion Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm located in the Channel, off the coast of West Sussex. - les falaises du pays de Caux - l'océan Atlantique à l'ouest. [48] Following an accident in January 1971 and a series of disastrous collisions with wreckage in February,[49] the Dover TSS,[50] the world's first radar-controlled traffic separation scheme, was set up by the International Maritime Organization. Une telle configuration géographique induit des courants marins parmi les plus v… Accueil; Société; Manche: Quarante-cinq migrants, dont des enfants, secourus en mer. Sélectionnez parmi un catalogue d’hébergements de qualité la location de votre choix et profitez de superbes vacances dans la Manche en Normandie. Lorsque la mer remonte, les activités nautiques prennent le relais. Les Britanniques l'appellent the English Channel ou, plus simplement, the Channel et les Bretons l'appellent Mor Breizh (mer de Bretagne en breton). Comtés anglais bordés par la Manche : Cornouailles ; Devon ; Dorset ; Hampshire ; West Sussex ; East Sussex ; Kent. Béatrice Gosselin, maire de Gouville-sur-Mer, lui succède. After multiple episodes of changing sea level, during which the Fosses Dangeard were largely infilled by various layers of sediment, another catastrophic flood carved a large bedrock-floored valley, the Lobourg Channel, some 500 m wide and 25 m deep, from the southern North Sea basin through the centre of the Straits of Dover and into the English Channel. - le site national des Deux Caps Finale", "Operation Cycle, the evacuation from Havre, 10-13 June 1940", Operation Aerial, the evacuation from north western France, 15–25 June 1940, "Atlantic, WW2, U-boats, convoys, OA, OB, SL, HX, HG, Halifax, RCN ...", "World War II: British Channel Islands--German Fortifications (1941-43)", "The Tricolor/Kariba/Clary Incident - Professional Mariner - March 2008", "Chartlets published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency", "Report on the Investigation of the grounding of MV, "Picture gallery: Cornwall's stranded tanker", "A Fécamp, les travaux du parc éolien en mer vont commencer", "Patterson, W, "Coastal Catastrophe" (paleoclimate research document), University of Saskatchewan", "Wales on Britannia: Facts About Wales & the Welsh", "Rinspeed "Splash" sets English Channel record", "1996 Nissan Truck [D21] in "Top Gear, 2002–2010, "Unorthodox Crossing of the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme", "Trent Grimsey breaks channel swim record", "Channel swimming records - Dover.UK.com", The European & American Electric Type-Printing Telegraph Company, Full Channel swim lists and swimmer information, World War II Eye Witness Account – Audio Recording, Franco-Dutch treaty on Saint Martin border controls, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=English_Channel&oldid=996493759, Articles containing Cornish-language text, Wikipedia introduction cleanup from December 2020, Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from December 2020, All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify, Articles using infobox body of water without pushpin map alt, Articles using infobox body of water without image bathymetry, Articles containing Italian-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2020, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from December 2017, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2009, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2008, Articles needing additional references from January 2013, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2012, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2020, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The steamer was purchased subsequently by the French postal administration and renamed, First ferry connection through Folkestone-Boulogne, Hovercraft crossing (Calais to Dover, 2 hours 3 minutes). Dutch previously had a larger range, and extended into parts of modern-day France. [citation needed] The common word channel was first recorded in Middle English in the 13th century and was borrowed from Old French chanel, variant form of chenel "canal". Folk etymology has derived it from a Celtic word meaning channel that is also the source of the name for the Minch in Scotland,[8] but this name is not attested before the 17th century, and French and British sources of that time are perfectly clear about its etymology. He was more successful in 54 BC, but Britain was not fully established as part of the Roman Empire until completion of the invasion by Aulus Plautius in 43 AD. Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), sur le littoral français, y est le premier port de pêche français en tonnage débarqué, et premier port européen pour le traitement des produits de la mer. En 2005, presque 20 % du trafic mondial des navires déclarés passe par la Manche. Many travellers cross beneath the Channel using the Channel Tunnel, first proposed in the early 19th century and finally opened in 1994, connecting the UK and France by rail. The first ferry crossed under the command of Captain Hayward. Dieppe was the site of an ill-fated Dieppe Raid by Canadian and British armed forces. Zapata made the 35.4 km (22.0 mi) journey in 22 minutes, having landed on a boat half-way across to refuel.[77]. [15][16] The flood started with large but localized waterfalls over the ridge, which excavated depressions now known as the Fosses Dangeard. First crossing on a towed inflatable object (not a powered. La culture d'huîtres et de moules y est pratiquée, mais moins intensément qu'en Atlantique. Over the centuries the Royal Navy slowly grew to be the most powerful in the world.[34]. Short trips across the Channel for leisure purposes are often referred to as Channel Hopping. Elle est longue de 500 km et large de 250 km au maximum entre la baie du Mont-Saint-Michel et le Devon (Angleterre) et de 32 km au minimum au pas de Calais [1]. Un autre groupe de 19 migrants, signalé dans la nuit au large du Pas-de-Calais, a lui été localisé à 05h20 à 18 km au sud de Boulogne-sur-mer. The cargo ship Nicola ran into the wreckage the next day. 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[51], In December 2002 the MV Tricolor, carrying £30m of luxury cars, sank 32 km (20 mi) northwest of Dunkirk after collision in fog with the container ship Kariba. [63], On 10 June 1821, English-built paddle steamer Rob Roy was the first passenger ferry to cross channel. Le 6 mai 1994est inauguré le tunnel sous la Manche, permettant de relier par voie ferroviaire la Grande-Bretagne et l'Europe continentale. On Friday, 26 September 2008, Swiss Yves Rossy aka Jetman became the first person to cross the English Channel with a Jet Powered Wing, [10] The Walde Lighthouse is 6 km east of Calais (50°59′06″N 1°55′00″E / 50.98500°N 1.91667°E / 50.98500; 1.91667), and Leathercoat Point is at the north end of St Margaret's Bay, Kent (51°10′00″N 1°24′00″E / 51.16667°N 1.40000°E / 51.16667; 1.40000). The steamer was purchased subsequently by the French postal administration and renamed Henri IV and put into regular passenger service a year later. During this period the North Sea and almost all of the British Isles were covered by ice. Le département de la Manche a pris son nom de la mer, et les îles de la Manche, c'est l'appellation autochtone en français de l'archipel qu'on appelle en France les îles Anglo-Normandes (Channel Islands en anglais). Sa profondeur ne dépasse pas 120 mètres et se réduit d'Ouest en Est pour n'être, au maximum, que de 65 mètres dans le détroit du Pas de Calais, avec certaines zones n'excédant pas 30 mètres de profondeur. This traffic continued until the end of Roman rule in Britain in 410 AD, after which the early Anglo-Saxons left less clear historical records. The name in Breton (Mor Breizh) means "Breton Sea", and its Cornish name (Mor Bretannek) means "British Sea". The new order oriented most of England and Scandinavia's trade south, toward the Mediterranean and the Orient. It took 12 hours 26 minutes 39 seconds and set a new Guinness World Record. The coastal resorts of the Channel, such as Brighton and Deauville, inaugurated an era of aristocratic tourism in the early 19th century. It was piloted by a Franco-Italian pilot Bruno Vezzoli. The descendants of Rollo and his followers adopted the local Gallo-Romance language and intermarried with the area's inhabitants and became the Normans – a Norman French-speaking mixture of Scandinavians, Hiberno-Norse, Orcadians, Anglo-Danish, and indigenous Franks and Gauls. The takeoff was at 8:03 a.m. from Ambleteuse in the North of France and landing was at East Studdal, near Dover. The race was from the Varne club in Greatstone on Sea to Cap Gris Nez / Boulogne (latter years) and back. La circulation la plus importante se fait longitudinalement. The journey time Dover to Boulogne was roughly 35 minutes, with six trips per day at peak times. The English Channel, also called simply the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France and links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. Pour que tout le monde s’y retrouve, il faut donc définir les limites de ces zones. Quelle est la situation de l'épidémie de coronavirus dans la Manche (50) ? Deutsch: Der Englische Kanal liegt zwischen Frankreich und England. In April 1918 the Dover Patrol carried out the Zeebrugge Raid against the U-boat bases. - Jersey et Guernesey au départ de Granville, Diélette et Barneville-Carteret. Channel naval battles include the Battle of the Downs (1639), Battle of Goodwin Sands (1652), the Battle of Portland (1653), the Battle of La Hougue (1692) and the engagement between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama (1864). It was created from part of the province of Normandie. L'entrée de la Manche de l'Atlantique est marquée par les Sorlingues au nord et Ouessant au sud. [36] On 31 January 1917, the Germans restarted unrestricted submarine warfare leading to dire Admiralty predictions that submarines would defeat Britain by November,[37] the most dangerous situation Britain faced in either world war. from the Spanish Armada in 1588, Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars, and Nazi Germany during World War II. In Brittany, there is a region known as "Cornouaille" (Cornwall) in French and "Kernev" in Breton[25] In ancient times there was also a "Domnonia" (Devon) in Brittany as well. He jumped from a Pilatus Porter over Calais, France, Rossy crossed the English Channel where he deployed his parachute and landed in Dover[75], The first flying car to have crossed the English Channel is a Pégase designed by the French company Vaylon on Wednesday, 14 June 2017. Samedi, quarante-cinq migrants «dont une femme enceinte et des enfants» ont d’abord été repérés au large de Leffrinckoucke, près de Dunkerque (Nord), à bord d’une petite embarcation «en difficulté», selon un communiqué de la préfecture maritime de la Manche et de la mer du Nord. - la France au sud. - le Mont-Saint-Michel In February 1684, ice formed on the sea in a belt 4.8 km (3.0 mi) wide off the coast of Kent and 3.2 km (2.0 mi) wide on the French side. The Channel subsequently became the stage for an intensive coastal war, featuring submarines, minesweepers, and Fast Attack Craft.[44]. With the rise of William the Conqueror the North Sea and Channel began to lose some of their importance. In more peaceful times the Channel served as a link joining shared cultures and political structures, particularly the huge Angevin Empire from 1135 to 1217. [32], The attack on Lindisfarne in 793 is generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age. Having already been used as mercenaries in Britain by the Romans, many people from these tribes crossed during the Migration Period, conquering and perhaps displacing the native Celtic populations. The name "Normandy" reflects Rollo's Viking (i.e. To achieve this France needed to gain control of the Channel for several weeks, but was thwarted following the British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759. Quand la plate-forme inférieure de l'échelle de coupée heurte la manche de ventilation bâbord, le matelot passe par-dessus bord. Concours d’affiche dans le cadre de la prochaine foire aux disques qui se tiendra le samedi 8 mai 2021 à la Salle des fêtes de Cherbourg en Cotentin L’Association Manche Festivités organise un concours d'affiche et laisse libre cours à l’imagination, aux sens créatif de chaque personne qui souhaite participer. At the end of the last Ice Age, lower sea levels even permitted walking across.[61][62]. [80] It states: "[In] exceptional cases the French Maritime Authorities may grant authority for unorthodox craft to cross French territorial waters within the Traffic Separation Scheme when these craft set off from the British coast, on condition that the request for authorisation is sent to them with the opinion of the British Maritime Authorities.". During the Second World War, naval activity in the European theatre was primarily limited to the Atlantic. Known colloquially to the English as the ‘Narrow Sea’, until the 18th century, the English Channel had no fixed name either in English or in French. En 2005, presque 20 % du trafic mondial des navires déclarés passent par la Manche et empruntent le rail des Casquets. Louis Blériot (France) piloted the first airplane to cross in 1909. [76], On 4 August 2019, Frenchman Franky Zapata became the first person to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered Flyboard Air. The exceptional strategic importance of the Channel as a tool for blockading was recognised by the First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher in the years before World War I. The IHO defines the southwestern limit of the North Sea as "a line joining the Walde Lighthouse (France, 1°55'E) and Leathercoat Point (England, 51°10'N)". There are several major islands in the Channel, the most notable being the Isle of Wight off the English coast, and the Channel Islands, British Crown dependencies off the coast of France. [citation needed] The most significant failed invasion threats came when the Dutch and Belgian ports were held by a major continental power, e.g. Completed crossing in 1 hour 40 minutes 6 seconds – previous record was 6 hours. La Manche (en anglais English Channel, en breton Mor Breizh, en cornique Mor Bretannek, en gallois Môr Udd, en normand Maunche) est une mer épicontinentale de l' océan Atlantique, située dans le Nord-Ouest de l' Europe et qui s'étend sur une superficie d'environ 75 000 km2 et sépare la France du Royaume-Uni ; longue d'environ 530 km, large de 176 km à son extrémité ouest, de 41 km à son extrémité est et … - Saint-Malo-Weymouth Le bras de mer qui sépare la France et l'Angleterre a dit-on été nommé Manche britannique par métaphore avec le nom commun « manche » qui désigne la pièce de vêtement dans laquelle s'enfile le bras. The 1,193 sq. 2083 La Mer Ln , Haslett, MI 48840-9565 is currently not for sale. Le 7 janvier 1785, un ballon à gaz piloté par Jean-Pierre Blanchard et John Jeffries traverse la Manche dans le sens Angleterre-France. More successful was the later Operation Overlord (D-Day), a massive invasion of German-occupied France by Allied troops. [14] Before the Devensian glaciation (the most recent glacial period, which ended around 10,000 years ago), Britain and Ireland were part of continental Europe, linked by an unbroken Weald–Artois anticline, a ridge that acted as a natural dam holding back a large freshwater pro-glacial lake in the Doggerland region, now submerged under the North Sea. Tout simplement par ignorance comme bien souvent. During 1917, the Dover Barrage was re-sited with improved mines and more effective nets, aided by regular patrols by small warships equipped with powerful searchlights. The building of the British Empire was possible only because the Royal Navy eventually managed to exercise unquestioned control over the seas around Europe, especially the Channel and the North Sea. Thus the Loyal toast in the Channel Islands is La Reine, notre Duc ("The Queen, our Duke"). Parmi les îles de la Manche on retrouve les bailliages de Jersey et de Guernesey. [citation needed]. [52], The shore-based long-range traffic control system was updated in 2003 and there is a series of traffic separation systems in operation. Après, Manche ou mer du Nord, peu importe : l’essentiel est d’arriver à se jeter à l’eau ! However, there are also a number of minority languages that are or were found on the shores and islands of the English Channel, which are listed here, with the Channel's name in the specific language following them. [26][27], Remnants of a mesolithic boatyard have been found on the Isle of Wight. [84], Arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, "The Channel" redirects here. [citation needed] The number of swims conducted under and ratified by the Channel Swimming Association to 2005 was 982 by 665 people. On land, the German army attempted to capture Channel ports in the Race to the Sea but although the trenches are often said to have stretched "from the frontier of Switzerland to the English Channel", they reached the coast at the North Sea. After initial success, the Germans learned how to pass through the barrage, aided by the unreliability of British mines. [54] The ships were maintaining a very precise automated course, one directly behind the other, rather than making use of the full width of the traffic lanes as a human navigator would. Par son statut de bras de mer entre l'océan Atlantique et la mer du Nord, la Manche constitue la principale voie maritime entre l'océan Atlantique et l'Europe du Nord. As a busy shipping lane, the Channel experiences environmental problems following accidents involving ships with toxic cargo and oil spills. The time difference of about six hours between high water at the eastern and western limits of the Channel is indicative of the tidal range being amplified further by resonance.[13].

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