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The Little Belt is a strait
Strait

A strait or straits is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or...
 between the Danish
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 island of Funen
Funen

Funen , with a size of 2,984 km? , is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the List of islands by area largest island of the world....
 and the Jutland Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula

The Jutland Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula is a peninsula in Europe. The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri.The historic region of Jutland, the area that was covered by Codex Holmiensis covered the Jutland Peninsula area north of Eider River and included Funen, the North Jutlandic Island and other smaller islands....
.

The belt is about 50km
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
 long and 800m
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
 to 28km wide, the maximum depth is approximately 75m. Numerous small islands
List of islands of Denmark

This is an incomplete list of islands of Denmark. With the exception of Greenland and Faroe, there are 444 named islands, of which 76 are inhabited....
 are located within the belt.

Two bridge
Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
s cross the belt, the Old Little Belt bridge and the New Little Belt bridge
Little Belt Bridge (1970)

The New Little Belt Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Little Belt strait between Jutland and the island of Funen in Denmark. The bridge is 1700 metres long, the main span is 600 metres, the pylons reaching a height of 120 metres, and the maximum clearance from the sea is 44 meters....
; also the two Little Belt overhead powerline crossings.








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The Little Belt is a strait
Strait

A strait or straits is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or...
 between the Danish
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 island of Funen
Funen

Funen , with a size of 2,984 km? , is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the List of islands by area largest island of the world....
 and the Jutland Peninsula
Jutland Peninsula

The Jutland Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula is a peninsula in Europe. The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri.The historic region of Jutland, the area that was covered by Codex Holmiensis covered the Jutland Peninsula area north of Eider River and included Funen, the North Jutlandic Island and other smaller islands....
.

The belt is about 50km
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
 long and 800m
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
 to 28km wide, the maximum depth is approximately 75m. Numerous small islands
List of islands of Denmark

This is an incomplete list of islands of Denmark. With the exception of Greenland and Faroe, there are 444 named islands, of which 76 are inhabited....
 are located within the belt.

Two bridge
Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
s cross the belt, the Old Little Belt bridge and the New Little Belt bridge
Little Belt Bridge (1970)

The New Little Belt Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Little Belt strait between Jutland and the island of Funen in Denmark. The bridge is 1700 metres long, the main span is 600 metres, the pylons reaching a height of 120 metres, and the maximum clearance from the sea is 44 meters....
; also the two Little Belt overhead powerline crossings.

See also

  • Danish straits
    Danish straits

    The Danish straits are the three channels connecting the Baltic sea to the North Sea through the Kattegat and Skagerrak. They transect Denmark, and are not to be confused with the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland....
  • Great Belt
    Great Belt

    The Great Belt is a strait between the main Denmark islands of Zealand and Fyn. Since 1997 the islands have been connected by the Great Belt Bridge....
  • Øresund
    Oresund

    Properly spelled with diacritics, ?resund or ?resund , sometimes also known as The Sound, is the strait that separates the Denmark island Zealand from the southern Swedish province of Scania ....
  • Little Belt Affair
    Little Belt Affair

    The Little Belt Affair was a navy battle on the night of May 16, 1811. It involved the American frigate USS President and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sixth-rate HMS Little Belt , a sloop-of-war, which had originally been the Danish ship Lilleb?lt , before being captured by the British in the 1807 Battle of Copenha...