Danish Straits - Naming and Geography

Naming and Geography

By closer view there are five straits named belt (Danish: Bælt), the only ones in the world and several straits named sound (Danish, Swedish and German: sund). Where an island is situated between a belt and a sound, typically the broader strait is called belt and the more narrow one is the sound:

  • Als:
    • separated from the continent by Alssund
    • separated from Fyn the southern part of the Little Belt, an area referred to in German (but not Danish) as Alsenbelt
  • Fehmarn
    • separated from the Continent by Fehmarnsund, also Femersund
    • separated from Lolland by Fehmarnbelt (German) / Femerbelt (Platt) / Femernbælt (former spelling: Femer Bælt)
  • Langeland:
    • separated from Tåsinge Island by Siø Sund (Tåsinge itself is separated from Fyn by Svendborg Sund)
    • separated from Lolland by Langelandsbælt, the southern part of Great Belt
  • Lolland:
    • separated from Falster Island by Guldborgsund (Falster itself is separated from Zealand by Storstrømmen Strait)
    • separated from Langeland by Langelandsbælt
    • separated from Fehmarn by Femernbælt, which is the common continuation of Great Belt–Langelandsbælt and Little Belt
  • Zealand (Danish: Sjælland)
    • separated from Scandinavia Peninsula of the continent by Øresund (Danish) / Öresund (Swedish)
    • separated from Fyn Island by the Great Belt

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