Denmark Strait 431682 222096632 2008-06-27T15:20:11Z Chobot 259798 robot Adding: [[ko:덴마크 해협]] {{Distinguish|Danish straits}} [[image:Denemarkenstraat.PNG|thumb|250px|Location map]] [[Image:Norwegian Sea map.png|320px|thumb|right|]] 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]] {{coor title dm|67|46|N|23|48|W|region:GL_type:waterbody_scale:1000000}} [[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]]