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The Skagerrak is 240 km (150 mi) long and between 80 and 140 km (50 and 87 mi) wide. It deepens toward the Norwegian coast, reaching over 700 m at the Norwegian Trench. Some ports along the Skagerrak are Oslo, Larvik and Kristiansand in Norway, Skagen, Hirtshals and Hanstholm in Denmark and Uddevalla, Lysekil and Strömstad in Sweden.
These two opposing flows transport a net surplus of 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) seawater from the Baltic to the Skagerrak every year. During stronger winds, the layers in the Kattegat are completely mixed in some places, such as the Great Belt, so the overall salinity is highly variable in this small sea.
Skagerrak, rectangular arm of the North Sea, trending southwest to northeast between Norway on the north and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark on the south. About 150 miles (240 km) long and 80–90 miles (130–145 km) wide, the Skagerrak narrows between Cape Skagen (the Skaw), Denmark, and the Swedish.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 6, 2023 · Map showing the location of Kattegat. Image credit: Attilios at English Wikipedia. Kattegat is part of Northern Europe and covers an area of approximately 12,000 square miles. It plays a big role in the strait system, known as the Skagerrak-Kattegat area, connecting the Baltic Sea with the North Sea.
0.0 Pub. 193, Sailing Directions (Enroute) Skagerrak and Katte-gat, Seventeenth Edition, 2020, is issued for use in conjunction with Pub. 140, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) North At-lantic Ocean and Adjacent Seas . Companion volumes are Pubs. 191, 192, 194, and 195. 0.0 Digital Nautical Charts 21 and 22 provide electronic chart
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This is the first detailed investigation of the distribution and ecology of living (stained) shallow water (0–6 m) foraminifera along the Skagerrak–Kattegat coast, eastern North Sea. A total ...
Kattegat, strait forming part of the connection between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The strait trends north-south between the Jutland (Jylland) peninsula and Sjælland (Zealand) island of Denmark (west and south) and Sweden (east); it connects through the Skagerrak (north) with the North Sea.
