Other Latin names for the sea include Oceanus Gallicus (the Gaulish Ocean) which was used by Isidore of Seville in the sixth century. Variations of this term were used by influential writers such as Ptolemy, and remained popular with British and continental authors well into the modern era. The name first appears in Roman sources as Oceanus Britannicus (or Mare Britannicum, meaning the British Ocean or British Sea). Names The Strait of Dover between England and France is the narrowest part of the English Channel, which separates Great Britain from continental Europe, and marks the boundary between the Channel and the North Sea. The population around the English Channel is predominantly located on the English coast and the major languages spoken in this region are English and French. The Channel was a key factor in Britain becoming a naval superpower and has been utilised by Britain as a natural defence mechanism to halt attempted invasions, such as in the Napoleonic Wars and in the Second World War. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some 75,000 square kilometres (22,000 square nautical miles 29,000 square miles). It is about 560 kilometres (300 nautical miles 350 statute miles) long and varies in width from 240 km (130 nmi 150 mi) at its widest to 34 km (18 nmi 21 mi) at its narrowest in the Strait of Dover. It is the busiest shipping area in the world.
It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end.
The English Channel, also known as simply the Channel (or historically as the British Channel ), is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
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