Great Belt

British

noun

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

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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.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

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.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2022

There are two more stages in Denmark this weekend, including crossing the Great Belt Bridge that links the Zealand island, where Copenhagen sits, and the central isle of Funen.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

Sweden is not a member of the Nato defence alliance but said it was responding to three Russian landing craft moving into the Baltic Sea through Denmark's Great Belt Strait.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2022

In order to do so, the fleet could get beyond the city either by passing through the Great Belt south of Zealand, or directly through the Sound.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

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