Øresund

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strait

Øresund is the strait between Denmark and Sweden that connects the Baltic Sea to the North Sea and is spanned by the Øresund Bridge.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Öresund 4
Øresund Strait 2
Danish Straits 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf strait ⓘ
adjacentCity Copenhagen ⓘ
Helsingborg, Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Helsingborg

Helsingør ⓘ
Malmö ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Sound ⓘ
borderOf Denmark ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
bridgeConnects Copenhagen ⓘ
Malmö ⓘ
bridgeOpened 2000 ⓘ
bridgePassesOverIsland Peberholm ⓘ
connectsBodyOfWater Baltic Sea ⓘ
Kattegat ⓘ
country Denmark ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
DanishName Øresund self-link ⓘ
flowsFrom Baltic Sea ⓘ
flowsTo Kattegat ⓘ
governingCountryOnEastBank Sweden ⓘ
governingCountryOnWestBank Denmark ⓘ
hasBridge Øresund Bridge ⓘ
hasCrossing Øresund Bridge ⓘ
hasFerryConnection Helsingør–Helsingborg ferry ⓘ
hasIsland Amager Island ⓘ
surface form: Amager

Peberholm ⓘ
Saltholm ⓘ
Ven ⓘ
hasMajorPort Copenhagen ⓘ
Malmö ⓘ
isImportantFor fishing ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ
regional transport ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
isShippingRoute yes ⓘ
length approximately 118 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Sea basin
locatedInRegion Northern Europe ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
maximumDepth 40 metres ⓘ
minimumWidth 4 kilometres ⓘ
minimumWidthLocation between Helsingør and Helsingborg ⓘ
partOf Danish straits ⓘ
salinity brackish ⓘ
separates Scania ⓘ
Zealand ⓘ
SwedishName Øresund self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Öresund

Referenced by (18)

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

Øresund → DanishName → Øresund self-link ⓘ
Øresund → SwedishName → Øresund self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Öresund
Kattegat → connectedTo → Øresund ⓘ
this entity surface form: Öresund
this entity surface form: Danish Straits
subject surface form: Øresund Bridge
Amager Island → locatedIn → Øresund ⓘ
Amager Island → locatedIn → Øresund ⓘ
this entity surface form: Øresund Strait
subject surface form: Øresund Bridge
this entity surface form: Øresund Strait
Kattegat → locatedNorthOf → Øresund ⓘ
this entity surface form: Öresund
Copenhagen → locatedOn → Øresund ⓘ
Køpmannæhafn → locatedOn → Øresund ⓘ
Battle of Copenhagen → location → Øresund ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
Battle of Landskrona → near → Øresund ⓘ
this entity surface form: Öresund
Zealand → separatedByStrait → Øresund ⓘ
Øresund Region → traversedBy → Øresund ⓘ