The Varne Bank or Varne Shoal is a 5+3⁄4-mile (9.3 km) long sand bank in the Strait of Dover, lying 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Dover in Kent, England. With the Lobourg Channel running parallel to it, the Varne bank lies immediately south-west of the deepest point 223 feet (68 m) in the strait of D