Fehmarn Belt

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Fehmarn Belt is a strait in the western Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland, serving as an important maritime passage and planned fixed-link corridor between Germany and Denmark.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fehmarn Belt canonical 2
Fehmarnbelt 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sea strait
strait
connectsBodyOfWater Bay of Mecklenburg
Eckernförde Bay
surface form: Fehmarn Sound area of the Baltic Sea

Kiel Bay
Bay of Mecklenburg
surface form: Mecklenburg Bay
countryBorderBetween Denmark
Germany
hasAlternativeName Fehmarn Belt
surface form: Fehmarnbelt
hasCurrent Baltic Sea tidal and wind-driven currents
hasEcosystem marine Baltic ecosystem
hasFerryConnection Puttgarden–Rødby ferry
hasMaximumDepth approximately 30 meters
hasMinimumDepth approximately 20 meters
hasNameOriginLanguage Danish
German
hasNearbyPort Puttgarden
Rødbyhavn
hasShippingRoute Germany–Denmark ferry route
isOnMajorCorridor Scandinavia–Central Europe transport corridor
isPartOf Baltic Sea naval defense system
surface form: Baltic Sea entrance system

Danish straits
locatedIn Baltic Sea
Baltic Proper
surface form: western Baltic Sea
locatedInBodyOfWater Baltic Sea
locatedInCountry Denmark
Germany
nearbyIsland Fehmarn
Lolland
partOf Danish–German border
surface form: Denmark–Germany border
partOfRoute link between Scandinavia and continental Europe
plannedFixedLink Fehmarnbelt Tunnel
surface form: Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
plannedFixedLinkConnects Puttgarden
Rødbyhavn
plannedFixedLinkCountries Denmark
Germany
plannedFixedLinkPurpose rail transport
road transport
plannedFixedLinkType immersed tunnel
separates Fehmarn
surface form: island of Fehmarn

Lolland
surface form: island of Lolland
strategicImportance key maritime passage between Germany and Denmark
shortest sea crossing between German island of Fehmarn and Danish island of Lolland
subjectTo environmental impact assessments for fixed link
international maritime regulations
usedFor ferry traffic
international shipping
maritime navigation

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kiel Bay connectsTo Fehmarn Belt
Lolland borderedBy Fehmarn Belt
Fehmarn Belt hasAlternativeName Fehmarn Belt
this entity surface form: Fehmarnbelt