Kattegat ( Dat. Kattegat , Swede. Kattegatt ) is a strait between the eastern coast of the Jutland peninsula and the southwestern part of the Scandinavian peninsula . It connects the North Sea through the Skagerrak Strait with the Baltic Sea through the Straits of Öresund , Lesser Belt and Great Belt . Length is about 200 km, width is from 60 km in the north to 122 km in the south. Depth 10-30 m, in the northern part more than 50 m.
| Kattegat | |
|---|---|
| Dates Kattegat , Swede. Kattegatt | |
| Specifications | |
| Width | 60-120 km |
| Length | 200 km |
| Deepest | 50 m |
| Location | |
| Connects | North Sea , Baltic Sea |
| Separates | Scandinavian Peninsula and Jutland |
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The Göta-Elv , Lagan , Nissan , Etran , Viskan rivers flow into the strait from Sweden , and also the Gudeno river from Denmark .
The largest islands are Samsø , Lesjo , Anholt . The latter two are often called the Danish “desert belt”, due to their dry summer climate .
There are two currents in the strait: northward less saline, surface, and more saline, deep, southward. Coastal waters freeze in the winter.
According to one version, the name "Kattegat" comes from the jargon of Dutch sailors: the word that originally denoted a cat's door ( Dutch kat - "cat" and gat - "hole") was applied to a narrow strait, difficult to navigate, full of shallows. [1] [2] [3] In the toponymic dictionary of E. M. Pospelov it is indicated that the name comes from other scandal. kati (ship) and gate (road) - “ship road”. [four]
Notes
- ↑ Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (2004), CD-ROM version, Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
- ↑ Göteborg , Svenska turistföreningens landskapsserie 1978, p. 309-310, prof. Hugo karlsson
- ↑ Nudansk Ordbog (1993), 15th edition, Copenhagen: Politikens Forlag.
- ↑ Kattegat . dic.academic.ru . Date of treatment December 11, 2018.