Danish straits

E681267
strait system

The Danish straits are the series of narrow waterways between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea that form a crucial maritime passage for regional and international shipping.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Baltic–North Sea transit 1
Danish Straits 1
Danish straits canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf strait system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Danish Belts and Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate temperate maritime climate ⓘ
connects Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlsAccessTo ports of Baltic Sea states ⓘ
country Denmark ⓘ
economicImportance transit of bulk cargo ⓘ
transit of container traffic ⓘ
transit of oil shipments ⓘ
environmentalConcern risk of marine pollution from shipping ⓘ
sensitive marine ecosystems ⓘ
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Great Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Little Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Øresund NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole important in Baltic trade routes ⓘ
site of naval conflicts in European history ⓘ
languageOfRegion Danish ⓘ
German ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Europe ⓘ
navigationHazard narrow channels ⓘ
strong currents in some sections ⓘ
navigationRegime international straits regime ⓘ
partOf European maritime routes NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Scandinavia ⓘ
relatedInfrastructure Great Belt Fixed Link NERFINISHED ⓘ
Little Belt Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Øresund Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
salinity transition zone between saline North Sea and brackish Baltic Sea ⓘ
separates Danish islands ⓘ
Denmark and Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jutland Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance control of naval access to Baltic Sea ⓘ
major route for Baltic Sea access ⓘ
trafficType commercial shipping ⓘ
ferry traffic ⓘ
naval vessels ⓘ
usedFor international shipping ⓘ
regional shipping ⓘ
waterwayType narrow waterways ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Little Belt → partOf → Danish straits ⓘ
Duke of Bremen-Verden → strategicFor → Danish straits ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltic–North Sea transit
Baltic Sea navies → operatesIn → Danish straits ⓘ
this entity surface form: Danish Straits