The shortest distance across the strait, at approximately 20 miles (32 kilometres), is from the South Foreland, northeast of Dover in the English county of Kent, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais. From Quora: On a clear day, you can indeed see from the TOP of the famous “white cliffs” of Dover all the way across to France. I grew up living in a nearby village and my parents and I went to the tops of the cliffs most weekends during the summer. The distance from the highest cliffs in the area to “Cap Gris Nez” (the closest point in France) is 20.7 miles. The cliffs are 350 feet tall – … Continue reading Is the Earth 🌎 flat?