Dover


Region Type Maps & Charts (if available, no international)
Europe, England Seaport, City Dover

Town (1991 pop. 33,461), Kent, SE England, on the Strait of Dover (Lat. Fretum Gallicum ), beneath chalk cliffs (the “White Cliffs of Dover”) c.375 ft/114 m high; 51º08'N 01º18'W. Resort and an important port for travel and shipping to the Continent; it was chief among the members of the Cinque Ports. It is also a principal ferry port to Calais. The Romans fortified the place and called it Portus Dubris. In Anglo-Saxon times a fort was built here.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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