Fehmarn Belt

Fehmarn Belt is a strait connecting the and the in the western part of the Baltic Sea between the island of and the island of .
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait between Germany & Denmark
  • Also known as: Fehmarn Strait”, “Fehmern Belt”, and “Femer Baeælt

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Puttgarden and Marienleuchte.

Village
is a ferry harbour and a village on the island of . It lies on an important route between and known as the Vogelfluglinie which crosses the 18 kilometres strait, the Fehmarnbelt, to on the island of .

Village
is a village.

Fehmarn Belt

Latitude
54.58175° or 54° 34′ 54″ north
Longitude
11.24416° or 11° 14′ 39″ east
Named after
Fehmarn
Open location code
9F6HH6JV+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 649205481
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2927578
Wiki­data ID
Q506241
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Fehmarn Belt” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مضيق فيميرن
  • Azerbaijani: Femarn Belt
  • Catalan: estret de Femern
  • Catalan: Estret de Femern
  • Catalan: Fehmarnbelt
  • Catalan: Femern Bælt
  • Cebuano: Fehmarn Belt
  • Chinese: 費馬恩海峽
  • Chinese: 费马恩海峡
  • Czech: Fehmarnská úžina
  • Danish: Femer Bælt
  • Danish: Femern Bælt
  • Dutch: Fehmarn Belt
  • Dutch: Fehmarnbelt
  • Esperanto: Fehmarn-Markolo
  • Esperanto: Fehmarnbelt
  • Esperanto: Fehmarnmarkolo
  • Esperanto: Femarn-Markolo
  • Estonian: Fehmarni Belt
  • Estonian: Fehmarni väin
  • Finnish: Fehmarnbelt
  • Finnish: Fehmarnbeltin salmi
  • Finnish: Fehmarnin Belt
  • Finnish: Fehmarnin salmi
  • Finnish: Fehmarninsalmi
  • Finnish: Femern Baelt
  • Finnish: Femern Bælt
  • French: Détroit de Fehmarn Belt
  • French: Fehmarn Belt
  • French: Fehmarnbelt
  • French: Femern Bælt
  • Georgian: ფემარნ-ბელტი
  • German: Fehmarnbelt
  • Hebrew: חגורת פמרן
  • Hungarian: Fehmarnbelt
  • Indonesian: Fehmarnbelt
  • Italian: Fehmarn Belt
  • Japanese: フェーマルン・ベルト海峡
  • Japanese: フェーマルン海峡
  • Korean: 페마른벨트 해협
  • Kurdish: Fehmarnbelt
  • Kurdish: فەهمارنبەلت
  • Latvian: Fēmarnbelts
  • Lithuanian: Fėmarnbelto sąsiauris
  • Low German: Fehmarnbelt
  • Macedonian: Фемарнски Белт
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Fehmarnbelt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Fehmarn Bælt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Femern Bælt
  • Norwegian: Fehmarnbelt
  • Persian: فمرنبلت
  • Polish: Bełt Fehmarn
  • Portuguese: Estreito de Fehmarn
  • Russian: Фемарн-Бельт
  • Slovenian: Fehmarnski Belt
  • Swedish: Fehmarn Bält
  • Swedish: Fehmarn Belt
  • Swedish: Fehmarnbält
  • Swedish: Femer Bält
  • Turkish: Fehmarn Kemeri
  • Ukrainian: Фемарн-бельт

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Burg and Sperrgebiet Marienleuchte.

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