Kattegat Strait - Kattegat

Japanese: カテガット海峡 - かてがっとかいきょう(英語表記)Kattegat
Kattegat Strait - Kattegat

The sea area between Denmark and Sweden in Northern Europe. It is the sea area between Sweden's Harland to the east, the Jutland Peninsula to the west, and the islands of Zealand and Funen to the south, and is not necessarily called a "strait" in Northern Europe. The line that separates it from the Skagerrak Sea that spreads to the north is a straight line from Skagen at the northernmost tip of the Jutland Peninsula to the Paternoster Reef. Three straits, the Little Belt, the Big Belt, and the Øresund, connect it to the Baltic Sea to the south, while it connects to the North Sea via the Skagerrak Sea. The deepest part, over 20 meters deep, extends from the north to the east of Løss Island, and in this sea area the Baltic Sea waters (salinity 15) and the North Sea waters (salinity 30) mix, and the low-salinity water covers the sea surface.

[Murai Masato]

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Japanese:

北ヨーロッパ、デンマークとスウェーデンの間の海域。東にスウェーデンのハーランド、西にユトランド半島、南にシェラン、フュン両島に挟まれた海域をさし、北欧ではかならずしも「海峡」とはよばれない。北方に広がるスカゲラク海域とを分かつ線は、ユトランド半島最北端スカーイェンから東方に向かってパテルノステル岩礁に至る直線である。南方のバルト海へは、小ベルト、大ベルト、エアスン(エーレスンド)の3海峡が結び、一方、北海へはスカゲラク海域を経てつながる。レス島の東沖に水深20メートルを超す最深部が北から延び、この海域でバルト海の海水(塩分濃度15)と北海の海水(同30)が混ざり合い、塩分濃度の低い水が海水面を覆う。

[村井誠人]

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