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In the opposite direction to Cutty Sark is Gypsy Moth IV, a 54 ft ketch, in which Sir Francis Chichester sailed around the world between August 1966 and May 1967. This voyage was the first solo continuous circumnavigation of the world.
The nearby circular glass-domed building or cupola, is the southern entrance to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel which runs under the River Thames between Cutty Sark Gardens and Island Gardens on the Isle of Dogs. The tunnel was opened on 4 August 1902 to allow south London residents to work in the docks on the Isle of Dogs.