The
White Cliffs of Dover are
cliffs that form part of the
English coastline facing the
Strait of Dover and
France. The cliffs are part of the
North Downs formation. The cliff face, which reaches up to , owes its striking façade to its composition of
chalk accentuated by streaks of black
flint. The cliffs spread east and west from the
town of Dover in the county of
Kent, an ancient and still important English port.