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Skagerrak (skă`gərăk), strait, c.150 mi (240 km) long and 85 mi (140 km) wide, between Norway and Denmark, linking the North Sea and the Baltic Sea by way of the Kattegat. It is shallow on the Danish shore and deepens toward the Norwegian coast. For the battle of the Skagerrak, see Jutland, battle of Jutland, battle of, only major engagement between the British and German fleets in World War I . They met c.60 mi (100 km) west of the coast of Jutland. On May 31, 1916, a British squadron under Admiral Beatty was scouting in advance of the British main fleet, in ..... Click the link for more information. . Skagerrak an arm of the North Sea between Denmark and Norway, merging with the Kattegat in the southeast How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 1999, we studied the specificity of the sex ratio deviations by sampling fish from a reference site in Skagerrak (same as in 1998), an oil refinery, a petrochemical industry, and two sites in the Gota River Estuary, all on the Swedish west coast. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are also designated the Scandinavian countries, located around the waters of Skagerrak and Kattegat, and with centuries of common political history, cultural similarities--as well as certain differences--and languages which are close enough to be understood in all three countries. |
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