Cap Gris Nez
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Martha Wood on Cap Gris Nez, France after her 12 hour 25 minute crossing of the English Channel. Photo by Elaine Howley
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Cap Gris-Nez, France
Cap Gris-Nez is a cape on the Côte d'Opale in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. The cliffs of the Cap are the closest point of France to England - 34 km (21 miles) from Dover. On a clear day, the emblematic white cliffs of Dover on the English shore can be seen.
The cliffs of Cap Gris-Nez are made of sandstone, clay and chalk. They are mainly grey which gives the cape its name ('gris nez' means 'grey nose' in French).
Channel swimming
Marathon swimmers challenge themselves to swim 34 km (20.9 statute miles or 18.2 nautical miles) across the English Channel between Dover in England to Cap Gris Nez in France.
Swim The Channel
External links
- Updating Encyclopedia Britannica On Distance Swimming
- Sally Minty-Gravett Goes Six For Six
- Yuri Kudinov Remembers His Prolific Career on WOWSA Live
- Georges Michel Honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Try Try Again After DNF (Did Not Fail)
- Double English Channel Attempt
- Swimming Slowly Successfully
- How Far Is The English Channel?
- Memorials & Monuments Of Open Water Swimming Greats
- Marc Newman Reminisces About Swimming On WOWSA Live
- Willis Hanks Swam From Harlem To The English Channel
- David Yudovin's New Memorial - And Other Landmarks
- The Swimming Evolution From Briefs To Jammers
- Pure And Simple, A Silver Lining For Alexander Popov
- Adventurous Life Well Lived, Thomas Burgess
- Elizabeth Almond’s Epic Summer: Around The World In 84 days
- Marathon Swimmers Federation
- The Swimmers Of 2015
- Channel Swimming Association website
- Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation website
- Landmarks, Monuments And Memorials Of Open Water Swimmers
- How Fast Do You Have To Be?
- Memorials & Monuments Of Open Water Swimming Greats
- All Clear. Go Ahead And Jump
- @captainmatthewwebb - If Twitter Existed In 1875
- Remembering Great Open Water Swimmers
- Seeing Part Of History
- Overachiever Thomas Bell
- Thomas Bell Looks Back On His Triple Crown
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Gentlemen And Giants Of The Channel
- Antonio Argüelles Misses The Cape, But Reaches Hokkaido
- When All Hell Breaks Loose In The Channel
- Howard James' Lucky Number 13
- Howard James, First One In, Last One Out
- Unbelievably Gorgeous, Awe-Inspiring Open Water Places
- 6 Degrees Of Separation In The English Channel
- Go Mo Go To Achieve The Triple Crown
- 50 Years Ago In The English Channel
- When Rowing Oars Preceded GPS
- Maureen Montgomery's Got It. The Triple Crown Q&A
