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Great Belt

noun

  1. a strait in Denmark, between Zealand and Funen islands, linking the Kattegat with the Baltic Danish nameStore Bælt
“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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Denmark’s Maritime Authority warned that there was a risk of missile fragments falling near the shipping lane, known as the Great Belt.

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

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.

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".

From BBC

After the peloton crossed the immense Great Belt suspension bridge, several riders fell near the back of the pack with two kilometers left to the finish in Nyborg.

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