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North Channel, shallow strait of the Atlantic Ocean connecting with the Irish Sea in the south and separating south-west Scotland and north-east Ireland at a width of about 37 km (23 mi), with the Mull of Kintyre protruding in the north. Although the Channel has few safe havens, since the Industrial Revolution its crossing has been the link between the cultures and raw materials of Scotland and Ireland.

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