Little Belt

The Little Belt is a strait between the island of and the Jutland Peninsula in . It is one of the three Danish Straits that drain and connect the Baltic Sea to the strait, which drains west to the and Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait between Jutland & Funen, Denmark
  • Also known as: Lille Belt”, “Lillebaelt”, and “The Little Belt

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brandsø.

Island
is a small, uninhabited island located in Little Belt between and , 15 km to the north-west of . It has an area of 2.0 km2 it lies in and belongs to the Wedellsborg estate. is situated 4 km northwest of Little Belt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aarøsund.

Village
is a village in southern situated in the region of 15 kilometres east of . It is also the name of the narrow strait between the village and the island of . is situated 9 km south of Little Belt.

Little Belt

Latitude
55.33333° or 55° 20′ north
Longitude
9.75° or 9° 45′ east
Open location code
9F7F8QM2+82
Geo­Names ID
2617724
Wiki­data ID
Q211008
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vlaams—“Little Belt” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الحزام الصغير
  • Armenian: Բելտ
  • Azerbaijani: Kiçik Kəmər
  • Basque: Belt Txikia
  • Belarusian: Малы Бельт
  • Belarusian: Праліў Малы Бельт
  • Bulgarian: Лилебелт
  • Catalan: Belt
  • Catalan: Petit Belt
  • Cebuano: Lillebælt
  • Chechen: Жима Бельт
  • Chinese: 小貝爾特海峽
  • Chinese: 小贝尔特海峡
  • Croatian: Mali Belt
  • Czech: Lillebælt
  • Czech: Malý Belt
  • Danish: Lillebælt
  • Dutch: Kleine Belt
  • Esperanto: Eta Belto
  • Esperanto: Lillebælt
  • Estonian: Väike Belt
  • Estonian: Väike-Belt
  • Finnish: Vähä-Belt
  • Finnish: Vähä-Beltti
  • French: Petit Belt
  • Georgian: ბელტი მცირე
  • Georgian: მცირე ბელტი
  • Georgian: პატარა ბელტი
  • German: Kleiner Belt
  • Hebrew: החגורה הקטנה
  • Hungarian: Kis-Bælt
  • Icelandic: Litla-Belti
  • Icelandic: Litlabelti
  • Irish: Belt Beaga
  • Italian: Piccola Cintura
  • Italian: Piccolo Belt
  • Japanese: リトル・ベルト
  • Japanese: リトルベルト
  • Japanese: リトルベルト海峡
  • Japanese: リレベルト
  • Japanese: リレ海峡
  • Japanese: 小ベルト
  • Japanese: 小ベルト海峡
  • Korean: 릴레벨트 해협
  • Kurdish: Belta Biçûk
  • Kurdish: بەلتا بچووک
  • Latin: Balticum Fretum Minus
  • Latvian: Mazais Belts
  • Lithuanian: Mažasis Beltas
  • Lithuanian: Mažojo Belto sąsiauris
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lillebælt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lillebelt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Lillebælt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Lillebelt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Little Belt
  • Norwegian: Lillebælt
  • Polish: Lillebælt
  • Polish: Mały Bełt
  • Portuguese: Pequeno Belt
  • Russian: Бельт Малый
  • Russian: Малый Бельт
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mali Belt
  • Slovak: Malý Belt
  • Slovenian: Mali Belt
  • Spanish: Lillebælt
  • Spanish: Pequeno Belt
  • Spanish: Pequeño Belt
  • Swedish: Lilla Bält
  • Swedish: Lilla Belt
  • Swedish: Lillebælt
  • Turkish: Küçük Kemer
  • Ukrainian: Малий Бельт
  • Vietnamese: Eo biển Lillebælt
  • Vlaams: Klêen’n Belt

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sommerodde and Bågø By.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Egholm and Wedellsborg Bådehavn.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Little Belt”. Photo: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, CC BY-SA 3.0.