# British Channel

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This article is about the strait in Arctic Russia. For the strait between Great Britain and the European continent, see [English Channel](/source/English_Channel).

**British Channel** (Russian: Британский канал) is a [strait](/source/Strait) in the western part of the [Franz Josef Land](/source/Franz_Josef_Land) archipelago in [Arkhangelsk Oblast](/source/Arkhangelsk_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia). It was first reported and named in 1875 by the [Jackson–Harmsworth expedition](/source/Jackson%E2%80%93Harmsworth_expedition).

The British Channel separates the westernmost island group from the rest of the Franz Josef Land archipelago. To the north the strait starts at the [Queen Victoria Sea](/source/Queen_Victoria_Sea), in an southwesterly direction. It separates [Prince Georg Land](/source/Zemlya_Georga) to the west from the smaller [Koetlitz Island](/source/Koetlitz_Island) and [Hooker Island](/source/Hooker_Island) to the east. About two-thirds down Prince Georg Land, the channel is split in two where the [Nightingale Sound](/source/Nightingale_Sound) continues down the coast of Prince Georg Land and the [De Bruyne Sound](/source/De_Bruyne_Sound) diverts to the southeast.

## Sources

- [Топографическая карта U-37,38,39,40 - 1 : 1 000 000](http://mapu3738.narod.ru/indexu37383940.html)

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