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Solent

American

[soh-luhnt] / ˈsoʊ lənt /

noun

The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.

Solent British

/ ˈsəʊlənt /

noun

a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire, on the English mainland, and the Isle of Wight. Width: up to 6 km (4 miles)

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For a list of the drop-off points across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Dorset, visit the BBC Radio Solent Make a Difference page here.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency broadcasted warnings to ships in the Solent after the containers came off cargo ship the Baltic Klipper near the Nab tower lighthouse, off Bembridge.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will instead be contested in 2028.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Sarah Steven, who is a member of the Clinically Vulnerable Families, shared Lana's account on BBC Radio Solent.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Like the Deanes so many years before him, he was particularly familiar with the 1782 capsizing of the Royal George, which had gone down in the Solent with more than eight hundred souls aboard her.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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