It's dug under the English Channel, which is described as an "arm of the Atlantic Ocean"
Eurotunnel The Channel Tunnel
it is at the very periphery of Europe, on the West side. its the closest country in Europe to the American East coast (via the Atlantic Ocean). it is an Island surrounded by water (the Atlantic Ocean to the west) whose closest neighbour is Great Brittain (which is also an Island but which is connected to what is known as central Europe/continental Europe by an under the sea train tunnel to France (known as the channel tunnel)
The Channel is a body of water so the tunnel does not go under towns, but water.
The channel tunnel.
It wasn't named, that is just where and what it is. The Channel Tunnel runs under the English Channel. It is often just called "the Channel" for short, for example in the phrase "cross channel ferry". There have been proposals to build a tunnel under the Channel for more than 100 years. The proposed tunnel was always referred as "the Channel Tunnel" long before it was built. In French it is known as "Tunnel sous la manche", "La manche" is French for the channel.
The Channel Tunnel runs under the English Channel, from Folkestone in Kent to near Calais in Pas-de-Calais.
The compound noun 'channel tunnel' is a common noun as a word for any tunnel under a channel. However, there is only one that is specifically called the Channel Tunnel or the Eurotunnel, both are proper nouns. common noun: There is a plan underway to build a channel tunnel between Malta and Italy. proper noun: We took the Channel Tunnel to France.
Chunnel. i.e., the CHannel tUNNEL.
The "Chunnel" is the name commonly used for the Channel Tunnel, a railway tunnel that runs from France to England under the English Channel.
It is a tunnel under the Channel inside which TGV(High Speed train) Eurostar links France to UK from Paris to London. French call it "Le tunnel sous la manche" In English, it is called "The Channel Tunnel"
The tunnel going under the English channel connects England and France.
This is known as the Channel Tunnel (or Chunnel), named for the English Channel. The Channel Tunnel is no longer referred to as the Chunnel, which was a media generated word when the tunnel first opened but not now.