Kattegat

Also known as Categat, Kategat, t'Schager Rack, Categate, Kattegatt, Cattegat

The Kattegat (; ; ) is a sea area bounded by the peninsula of Jutland in the west, the Danish straits islands of Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the south and the Swedish provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötland, Halland and Scania in Sweden in the east. The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Danish straits. The sea area is a continuation of the Skagerrak and may be seen as a bay of the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, though it is not called a bay in traditional Scandinavian usage.

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The Kattegat is a sea area in Scandinavia bordered by Denmark's Jutland peninsula on the west and Swedish provinces on the east, through which the Baltic Sea drains via the Danish straits. It connects the Skagerrak to the broader North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, serving as an important waterway between these major bodies of water.

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Key facts

Body of water.name: Kattegat
Body of water.other_name: Kattegatt
Body of water.image: Carte Skagerrak-Kattegat2.png
Body of water.caption: Map of the Kattegat and Skagerrak
Body of water.alt: Map of waters
Body of water.basin_countries: Denmark, Sweden
Body of water.pushpin_map: Europe
Body of water.pushpin_map_alt: Location in Europe

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Extent
Etymology
History
Biology
Ecological collapse
Protections and regulation
Gallery
See also
References
External links

The Kattegat is rather shallow and can be dangerous to navigate due to many sandy, stony reefs and the tricky shifting currents. In modern times, artificial seabed channels have been dug, many reefs have been dredged either by sand pumping or boulder clearance, and a well-developed light signaling network has been installed to protect the heavy international traffic on this small sea.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kattegat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.