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Cap Blanc-Nez
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Claude
August 27, 2019
Cap Blanc-Nez (literally "Cape White Nose" in English is a cape on the Côte d'Opale, in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. The cliffs of chalk are very similar to the white cliffs of Dover at the other side of the Channel in England. Cap Blanc-Nez does not protrude into the sea like a typical cape, but is a high point where a chalk ridge has been truncated by the sea, forming a cliff that is topped by the obelisk of the Dover Patrol Monument, commemorating the Dover Patrol which kept the Channel free from U-boats during World War I. Cap Blanc-Nez was a vital measuring point for the eighteenth-century trigonometric survey linking the Paris Observatory with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Sightings were made across the English Channel to Dover Castle and Fairlight Windmill on the South Downs. This Anglo-French Survey was led in England by General William Roy. A few miles southwest of the 134m high Cap Blanc-Nez is the taller Cap Gris-Nez, the nearest point on mainland Europe to Great Britain. Cap Blanc Nez and Cap Gris Nez are separated by a ten-kilometre stretch of coastline known as the Grand Site des Deux Caps, one of the 41 sites in France (including the Pointe du Raz in Brittany, the marshlands of Poitou or Mont Ventoux in Provence) to have been awarded this prestigious label. Managed according to the principles of sustainable development, Cap Blanc Nez has also been designated a “Natura 2000” special protection area by the European Union. As well as enjoying the sea air and appreciating the flora and fauna, you can also feast your eyes on the Straits of Dover, with Great Britain so close on the other side. The continual procession of ships never ceases to amaze, with the cross-channel ferries and the huge commercial vessels further out to sea. Linking the Atlantic to the great ports of Northern Europe (Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Dunkirk etc.), this is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. This volume of sea traffic is watched over by the CROSS Gris Nez Marine Nationale (Coastguard) station, the strait’s eyes and ears! Cap Blanc Nez is an hour's drive from De Panne. You definitely shouldn't miss it. Go for a lovely walk on the cliffs with great views! At low tide, you may take an easy trail down to the beach.
Cap Blanc-Nez (literally "Cape White Nose" in English is a cape on the Côte d'Opale, in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. The cliffs of chalk are very similar to the white cliffs of Dover at the other side of the Channel in England. Cap Blanc-Nez does not protrude into the sea like…
Eric
June 3, 2014
beautiful place to walk: park your car at the road that brings you from Escalles to the sea. You can walk or to Sangatte (right) or to Wissant and Cap Griz Nez (left) along the coast or the cliffs!
Josephine
August 11, 2022
Le cap Blanc-Nez est un cap situé à Escalles dans le Pas-de-Calais, à environ 25 km de Boulogne-sur-Mer Il s'agit de la falaise la plus septentrionale de France. Il est constitué de falaises escarpées, constituées de craie et de marne. Ces falaises s'élèvent jusqu'à 134 m de haut. Un site de randonnée et de points de vues exceptionnels
Veronique
August 9, 2022
Point de vue panoramique à couper le souffle, un des meilleurs spots de la cote d'opale
Augustin
July 17, 2022
Le grand site des Deux Caps est un site naturel protégé. Il est situé sur la côte d’Opale dans le Nord Pas de Calais juste en face de la Grande Bretagne. Quand le temps le permet, on peut d’ailleurs apercevoir les côtes anglaises. Ce sont deux ensembles de falaises : le Cap Blanc-Nez et le Cap Gris-Nez. Ces falaises sont les points les plus proches des côtes de l’Angleterre. Le site accueille chaque année plus de 2,5 millions de touristes venus des 4 coins du globe. Le site fait partie du Parc Naturel régional des Caps et Marais d’Opale. Le Cap Blanc-Nez et le Cap Gris-Nez s’étendent sur plus de 23 kilomètres de littoral. Ses falaises se sont formées avec l’érosion et la formation de failles. Le paysage laisse place à des dunes vers Wissant et Wimereux. On peut y observer de nombreuses espèces d’oiseaux.
Le grand site des Deux Caps est un site naturel protégé. Il est situé sur la côte d’Opale dans le Nord Pas de Calais juste en face de la Grande Bretagne. Quand le temps le permet, on peut d’ailleurs apercevoir les côtes anglaises. Ce sont deux ensembles de falaises : le Cap Blanc-Nez et le Cap Gris…
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Escalles, Hauts-de-France