Large Belt
The Large Belt (in Danish: Storebælt ) is a Détroit separating both larger island S from the Denmark, the Zealand and the Fyn. It is stretched on a North-South axis connecting the Cattégat to the the Baltic.
Geography
Large Belt is connected to the south with the Baltic mainly via the channel Langelandbælt in the east of the island of Langeland, but also by a small channel Siøsund in the west of this same island, along the coasts of Fyn.It has a maximum depth of about 60 meters.
History
The February 11th 1658, the king of Sweden Charles X Gustave, with an army of 9.000 riders and 3.000 infantrymen, crossed to foot Large Belt then exceptionally taken by the ices of the winter. Tackled the previous year by the king of Denmark whereas it made the war in Poland, it had joined the Jutland with forced marches and, the January 30th 1658, had crossed to foot the Petit Belt and had ransacked the Fyn.As he directly threatened Copenhagen taken with deprived, the king of Denmark Frederic III was forced to sign the treaty of Roskilde thanks to which them formerly Danish provinces of Scanie, Halland and Blekinge, as well as the province then Norwegian of the Bohuslän belong from now on to the Sweden.
Transport
Since 1998, the Grand Belt is crossed by the fixed bond of Large Belt, together mixed rail - Route composed of a tunnel and two Pont S being pressed on the small island of Sprogø, which is in the middle of the strait.Large Belt is a sea route ensuring half of navigation between the the Baltic and the Kattegat, the other part being carried out by the Øresund.
Islands
Put aside the two large islands Sjælland and Fyn, the notable secondary islands are, of north in the south:
See too
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