Oresund

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Oresund (Danish: ?resund, Swedish: ?resund, also known as The Sound) is the strait that separates the Danish island Zealand from the south Swedish province Scania (Sk?ne).

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Oresund is one of the three Danish Straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean (via Kattegat, Skagerrak, and the North Sea), and is one of the busiest waterways in the world.

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Political control of Oresund has been an important issue in Danish (and Swedish) history. Danish military control was maintained with the coastal fortress of Kronborg at Elsinore (Danish: Helsing?r) on the western side and K?rnan at Helsingborg on the eastern side of Oresund. Both fortresses are located where the strait is just 4.5 kilometers wide.

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Strait: A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. The terms strait, channel, and passage can be synonymous and interchangeable, although channel has other meanings. Many straits are economically important. Straits can lie on import...

Oresund related Images and Photos (experimental)

The New Oresund Bridge Between Malmo and Copenhagen from Bunkeflostrand Malmo Skane Sweden