Strait of Dover

Japanese: ドーバー海峡 - どーばーかいきょう(英語表記)Strait of Dover
Strait of Dover

A strait between the UK and France. Its French name is the Strait of Calais. Its deepest point is 59 meters. Its width at its shortest point (between Dover and Calais) is 34 kilometers. It connects the English Channel (Atlantic side) and the North Sea, where the tides of both meet. There are the ports of Dover and Folkestone on the UK side, and Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer on the French side, and there are regular ships running between Dover and Calais, and between Folkestone and Boulogne-sur-Mer. The former is the main route, and takes about an hour by hovercraft. The Channel Tunnel, which connects Folkestone and Coqueil near Calais, opened in May 1994.

[Kazunori Koike]

[References] | Channel Tunnel

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イギリスとフランスの間の海峡。フランス名はカレー海峡Pas de Calais。最深点は59メートル。幅は最短部(ドーバー―カレー間)で34キロメートル。イギリス海峡(大西洋側)と北海を結ぶ海峡で、両者の潮汐(ちょうせき)がここで合する。イギリス側にはドーバー、フォークストン、フランス側にはカレー、ブローニュ・シュル・メールの港があり、ドーバー―カレー、フォークストン―ブローニュ・シュル・メール間に定期船が通じる。前者が主航路で、ホバークラフトで約1時間の航路。フォークストンとカレー付近のコクイユを結ぶ英仏海峡トンネルは1994年5月に開業した。

[小池一之]

[参照項目] | 英仏海峡トンネル

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