Kattegat

or Cat·te·gat

[ kat-i-gat, kah-ti-gaht ]

/ ˈkæt ɪˌgæt, ˈkɑ tɪˌgɑt /

noun

a strait between Jutland and Sweden. 40–70 miles (64–113 km) wide.

Example sentences from the Web for kattegat

Marked eels have been proved to migrate from the inmost part of the Baltic to the Kattegat.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 |Various
It may be well to notice that to go from the Kattegat to the Baltic is up, although from north to south.

The Life of Nelson, Vol. II. (of 2) |A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Fires are stated to have been used on the two towers of Nidingen, in the Kattegat, until 1846.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 |Various
The little steamer advanced upon the rolling Kattegat, with great flocks of white-winged sea-gulls following in its wake.

Our Little Danish Cousin |Luna May Innes

As we meet the fresh breeze at the entrance to the Kattegat, a barquentine, under full sail, glides past us without a sound.

Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916 |Karl Spindler

British Dictionary definitions for kattegat

Kattegat

/ (ˈkætɪˌɡæt) /

noun

a strait between Denmark and Sweden: linked by the Sound, the Great Belt, and the Little Belt with the Baltic Sea and by the Skagerrak with the North Sea Former spelling: Cattegat

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Kattegat

or Cat·te·gat

noun

Example sentences from the Web for kattegat

British Dictionary definitions for kattegat

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