Denmark Strait
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{{Distinguish|Danish straits}}
[[image:Denemarkenstraat.PNG|thumb|250px|Location map]]
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The '''Denmark Strait''' ({{lang-da|Danmarksstrædet}}, {{lang-is|Grænlandssund}}, the latter meaning [[Greenland]] Strait) is a [[strait]] between Greenland (northwest) and [[Iceland]] (southeast). The [[Norway|Norwegian]] island of [[Jan Mayen]] is located northeast of the strait.
It connects the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and is 300 miles (480 km) long and 180 miles (290 km) wide at its narrowest. The cold [[East Greenland Current]] passes through the strait and carries icebergs south into the north Atlantic Ocean. It hosts important fishing grounds.
During [[World War II]], the [[Battle of the Denmark Strait]] took place on [[May 24]], [[1941]]. The German battleship [[German battleship Bismarck|''Bismarck'']] sank the British battlecruiser [[HMS Hood (51)|''HMS Hood'']], which exploded with great loss of life, and seriously damaged the battleship [[HMS Prince of Wales (1939)|''Prince of Wales'']]. ''Bismarck'' succeeded in entering the Atlantic through the Strait, but damage sustained in the battle prevented it from carrying out its intended destruction of British convoys.
==See also==
* [[GIUK gap]]
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[[Category:Straits of North America]]
[[Category:Straits of the Arctic Ocean]]
[[Category:Landforms of Iceland]]
[[Category:Landforms of Greenland]]
[[ca:Estret de Dinamarca]]
[[cs:Dánský průliv]]
[[da:Danmarksstrædet]]
[[de:Dänemarkstraße]]
[[et:Taani väin]]
[[es:Estrecho de Dinamarca]]
[[fr:Détroit de Danemark]]
[[ko:덴마크 해협]]
[[hi:डेनमार्क जलसन्धि]]
[[id:Selat Denmark]]
[[is:Grænlandssund]]
[[it:Stretto di Danimarca]]
[[he:מצר דנמרק]]
[[nl:Straat Denemarken]]
[[ja:デンマーク海峡]]
[[no:Danmarkstredet]]
[[nn:Danmarksundet]]
[[pl:Cieśnina Duńska]]
[[pt:Estreito da Dinamarca]]
[[ru:Датский пролив]]
[[sk:Dánsky prieliv]]
[[fi:Tanskansalmi]]
[[sv:Danmarkssundet]]
[[uk:Датська протока]]
[[zh:丹麦海峡]]