Kalmar Strait

The Kalmar Strait is a strait in the Baltic Sea, located between the island of and the province of of the Swedish mainland. The strait is about 130 kilometres long and between 5 kilometres and 25 kilometres in width.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait in the Baltic Sea between Öland and Småland in Sweden
  • Also known as: “Kalmar” and “Kalmar Sound”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Öland bridge and Kalmar Cathedral.

Bridge
Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a road bridge in Sweden that spans the Kalmar Strait, between Jutnabben in on the mainland and Möllstorp in near on in the Baltic Sea.

Church
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is a cathedral in the city of , , in southeastern Sweden. Located at Stortorget, construction began in 1660. The cathedral was designed for the by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder.

Islet
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is an island in the Kalmar Strait, Sweden, close to the city of . During the Middle Ages, the island was probably used for executions of criminals, whose bodies were left displayed there as a warning to ships passing by.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalmar and Färjestaden.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the province in southeastern , on the coast of the Baltic sea. is one of the oldest Swedish cities, and traces of settlements from the Iron Age have been found.

Village
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is a locality situated in , , with 5,018 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the southern part of the island of , on the Kalmar Strait side, south of .

Village
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is a locality situated in , , with 532 inhabitants in 2010. Hundred was a hundred of in .

Kalmar Strait

Latitude
56.65309° or 56° 39′ 11″ north
Longitude
16.4051° or 16° 24′ 18″ east
Open location code
9F8RMC34+62
Open­Street­Map ID
way 743250548
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2702257
Wiki­data ID
Q784269
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Satellite Map

Discover Kalmar Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kalmar Strait” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مضيق كالمار”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kalmarsund boğazı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kalmarsund”
  • Basque: “Kalmarko itsasartea”
  • Bulgarian: “Калмарсунд”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Kalmar”
  • Cebuano: “Kalmarsund”
  • Chinese: “卡尔马海峡”
  • Czech: “Kalmarský průliv”
  • Danish: “Kalmarsund”
  • Dutch: “Kalmarsund”
  • Esperanto: “Kalmara Markolo”
  • Estonian: “Kalmari väin”
  • Finnish: “Kalmarinsalmi”
  • French: “détroit de Kalmar”
  • French: “Détroit de Kalmar”
  • Georgian: “კალმარის სრუტე”
  • German: “Kalmarsund”
  • Hebrew: “מצר קאלמאר”
  • Hungarian: “Kalmar-szoros”
  • Hungarian: “Kalmarsund”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Kalmar”
  • Japanese: “カルマル海峡”
  • Korean: “칼마르 해협”
  • Latvian: “Kalmaras šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalmarsiundas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalmarsund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalmarsund”
  • Norwegian: “Kalmarsund”
  • Persian: “تنگه کالمار”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Kalmarska”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Kalmar”
  • Russian: “Кальмарсунд (Кальмарский пролив)”
  • Russian: “Кальмарсунд”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Kalmarsund”
  • Slovenian: “Kalmarski preliv”
  • Slovenian: “Kalmarsund”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Kalmar”
  • Swedish: “Kalmar sund”
  • Swedish: “Kalmarsund”
  • Ukrainian: “Кальмарсунд”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Kalmar”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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