North Channel

American  

noun

1. a strait between SW Scotland and NE Ireland. 14 miles (23 km) wide at the narrowest point.

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North Channel British  

noun

1. a strait between NE Ireland and SW Scotland, linking the North Atlantic with the Irish Sea

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North Channel

So, how hard is it swimming the North Channel with only one leg?

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023

Calabro and I talked a little bit about local wildlife: the striped bass, the oystercatchers, the glossy ibises that nest somewhere near the marsh islands around the North Channel Bridge near JFK Airport.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2022

A surge in global prices – hovering at $1,800 an ounce as investors seek a haven from turbulent markets – may further whet the appetite for Celtic gold on both sides of the North Channel.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2020

They are so close that hotel guests can ferry across the North Channel from Islay to Ballycastle, Northern Ireland to attend the Open.

From Golf Digest ● Jul. 10, 2019

Giant's Causeway, a remarkable headland of columnar basaltic rock in North Ireland, projecting into the North Channel from the Antrim coast at Bengore Head, 7 m.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall