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Cap Blanc-Nez

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Cap Blanc-Nez was a vital measuring point for the eighteenth-century
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Some miles away to the southwest of Cap Blanc-Nez is the
240: 57:, literally "Cape White Nose" in English; from Dutch 137:. Sightings were made across the English Channel to 102:ridge has been truncated by the sea, forming a 260: 8: 267: 253: 82:, culminating at 134 m. The cliffs of 106:that is topped by the obelisk of the 52: 7: 221: 219: 239:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 25: 114:which kept the Channel free from 223: 291:Landforms of the Pas-de-Calais 153:was led in England by General 41:Cap Blanc Nez on a summer day. 1: 306:Pas-de-Calais geography stubs 27:Cape in Pas-de-Calais, France 296:Landforms of Hauts-de-France 135:Royal Greenwich Observatory 322: 235:geographical article is a 218: 86:are very similar to the 61:, white headland) is a 42: 34: 108:Dover Patrol Monument 90:on the other side of 88:white cliffs of Dover 50:French pronunciation: 40: 33: 202:50.92500°N 1.70944°E 110:, commemorating the 286:Headlands of France 198: /  151:Anglo-French Survey 129:survey linking the 54:[kapblɑ̃ne] 43: 35: 248: 247: 207:50.92500; 1.70944 131:Paris Observatory 16:(Redirected from 313: 269: 262: 255: 227: 220: 213: 212: 210: 209: 208: 203: 199: 196: 195: 194: 191: 145:Windmill on the 56: 51: 21: 321: 320: 316: 315: 314: 312: 311: 310: 276: 275: 274: 273: 216: 206: 204: 200: 197: 192: 189: 187: 185: 184: 182: 170: 49: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 319: 317: 309: 308: 303: 298: 293: 288: 278: 277: 272: 271: 264: 257: 249: 246: 245: 228: 181: 180:External links 178: 177: 176: 169: 166: 78:, in northern 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 318: 307: 304: 302: 299: 297: 294: 292: 289: 287: 284: 283: 281: 270: 265: 263: 258: 256: 251: 250: 244: 242: 238: 234: 233:Pas-de-Calais 229: 226: 222: 217: 214: 211: 179: 175: 172: 171: 167: 165: 163: 158: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 127:trigonometric 123: 121: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 76: 72: 71:Pas-de-Calais 68: 64: 60: 55: 47: 46:Cap Blanc-Nez 39: 32: 19: 18:Cap Blanc Nez 241:expanding it 230: 215: 183: 174:Cap Gris-Nez 162:Cap Gris-Nez 159: 139:Dover Castle 124: 112:Dover Patrol 73: 67:Côte d'Opale 58: 45: 44: 205: / 155:William Roy 147:South Downs 120:World War I 92:the Channel 75:département 59:Blankenesse 280:Categories 190:50°55′30″N 193:1°42′34″E 143:Fairlight 133:with the 69:, in the 168:See also 149:. This 118:during 116:U-boats 96:England 65:on the 80:France 301:Chalk 231:This 104:cliff 100:chalk 84:chalk 237:stub 141:and 63:cape 94:in 282:: 164:. 157:. 122:. 268:e 261:t 254:v 243:. 48:( 20:)

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Cap Blanc Nez


[kapblɑ̃ne]
cape
Côte d'Opale
Pas-de-Calais
département
France
chalk
white cliffs of Dover
the Channel
England
chalk
cliff
Dover Patrol Monument
Dover Patrol
U-boats
World War I
trigonometric
Paris Observatory
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Dover Castle
Fairlight
South Downs
Anglo-French Survey
William Roy
Cap Gris-Nez
Cap Gris-Nez
50°55′30″N 1°42′34″E / 50.92500°N 1.70944°E / 50.92500; 1.70944

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