Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel is a 50.46-kilometre (31.35-mile) railway tunnel beneath the English Channel that connects Folkestone in the United Kingdom with Coquelles in northern France. Opened in 1994, it remains the only fixed link between Great Britain and the European mainland.

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1993 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Chunnel; Tunnel sous la Manche
length: 50450 metre, 
international tunnel, railway tunnel, undersea tunnel, Seven Wonders of the Modern World, Getlink, United Kingdom, Q142, 

• Archaeology and the Channel Tunnel^@ article published in 1988
• A social and environmental impact assessment that examines the impacts that have resulted from the construction and operation of the Channel Tunnel^@ 2006 master's thesis by Rebecca Louise Clements at University of Canterbury
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Location: 51.0167, 1.45, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Winchelsea Caves ⓘ
  chalk quarry in Dover, Kent

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  Dover Castle ⓘ
  medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England, UK  

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  Fan Bay Deep Shelter ⓘ
  bunker in Dover, UK  

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  Notre-Dame des Flots du Cran Poulet ⓘ
  Cran de la Vierge in Audinghen, France

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  Snowdown Colliery ⓘ
  colliery in Kent, England, UK

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  Tilmanstone Colliery ⓘ
  colliery in Kent, England, UK

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  Kent Mining Museum ⓘ
  museum in Deal, Kent, England, UK

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  Abbotscliff Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Dover Harbour Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Lydden Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Priory Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Shakespeare Cliff Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Channel Tunnel ⓘ
  tunnels beneath the English Channel between France and Great Britain

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1993 Channel Tunnel

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1179 Dover Castle

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1941 Fan Bay Deep Shelter

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2022 Kent Mining Museum

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Frameless

Mike on a bike

Minieurope 2007 166

“The Lion can not face the crowing of the Cock”, Puck, ca. 1885

Mike on a bike

Channel Tunnel car train

Adit A1 Channel Tunnel

TML construction locos

François Mitterrand & Elizabeth II - Eurotunnel - 1994

Speech of Queen Elizabeth II for the opening of the Channel Tunnel - 1994

Channel Tunnel, portal on the French side, at Coquelles.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	bunker		Winchelsea Caves	underground limestone mine, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	1179	Dover Castle	history museum, castle, bunker, archaeological site, English Heritage, fort	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Fan Bay Deep Shelter	artillery battery, National Trust, bunker	Wikidata
site	cave		Notre-Dame des Flots du Cran Poulet	Lourdes grotto	Wikidata
site	mine		Snowdown Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Tilmanstone Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	museum	2022	Kent Mining Museum	mining museum	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Abbotscliff Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Dover Harbour Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Lydden Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Priory Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Shakespeare Cliff Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1993	Channel Tunnel	international tunnel, Getlink, undersea tunnel, railway tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		Mike on a bike		Commons
commons	image		Minieurope 2007 166		Commons
commons	image		“The Lion can not face the crowing of the Cock”, Puck, ca. 1885		Commons
commons	image		Mike on a bike		Commons
commons	image		Channel Tunnel car train		Commons
commons	image		Adit A1 Channel Tunnel		Commons
commons	image		TML construction locos		Commons
commons	image		François Mitterrand & Elizabeth II - Eurotunnel - 1994		Commons
commons	image		Speech of Queen Elizabeth II for the opening of the Channel Tunnel - 1994		Commons
commons	image		Channel Tunnel, portal on the French side, at Coquelles.		Commons