English Channel - AJ

•  The English Channel is a body of water that separates the island of Great Britain from the  rest of Europe.
• The English Channel is 563 kilometers long. The English Channel is 246 kilometers wide.
• In 1875 Mathew Webb was the first known person to swim across the English Channel from Great Britain to the rest of Europe in 22 hours!
• The first woman to cross the English Channel was Gertrude Ederle in 2004.
• Over 600 people have been recorded crossing the English Channel in a very unpredictable time.