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Great Belt

noun

  1. Danish name: Store Bælta strait in Denmark, between Zealand and Funen islands, linking the Kattegat with the Baltic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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All three vessels proceeded towards the Baltic Sea, where the Boikiy - still travelling under the fake AIS marker - was recorded passing underneath the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark.

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Denmark’s Maritime Authority warned that there was a risk of missile fragments falling near the shipping lane, known as the Great Belt.

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The missile test on Thursday was conducted aboard a frigate, the Niels Juel, in the port of Korsør, which sits beside the Great Belt.

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The Great Belt is the strait between Denmark’s two largest islands, Zealand and Funen, and is part of the main shipping route between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

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The National Maritime Authority issued a warning for ships to avoid part of the Great Belt strait due to a risk of "falling missile fragments".

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