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Little Belt
The Little Belt (labelled with its Danish name Lillebælt), the leftmost of the 3 Danish Straits
Little Belt is located in Europe
Little Belt
Little Belt
Coordinates55°11′N 9°50′E / 55.183°N 9.833°E / 55.183; 9.833
Typestrait
Basin countriesDenmark
Max. length50 km (31 mi)
Max. width28 km (17 mi)
Min. width800 m (2,625 ft)
Designations
Ramsar Wetland
Official nameLillebælt
Designated2 September 1977
Reference no.154[1]

The Little Belt (Danish: Lillebælt, pronounced [ˈliləˌpelˀt]) is a strait between the island of Funen and the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish Straits that drain and connect the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat strait, which drains west to the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ "Lillebælt". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

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