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Denmark Strait

American  

noun

  1. a strait between Iceland and Greenland. 130 miles (210 km) wide.

Denmark Strait British  

noun

  1. a channel between SE Greenland and Iceland, linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic

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But in May 1941 - during the battle of the Denmark Strait in the North Atlantic - it was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2018

The fight lasted only 300 seconds; took place last Saturday morning in Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland.

From Time Magazine Archive

Denmark Strait is the sea between it and Iceland, and the northern Norwegian Sea or Greenland Sea separates it from Spitsbergen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

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