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Skagerrak

LC control no.sh 85123089
Geographic headingSkagerrak
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Geographic subdivision usageSkagerrak
Variant(s)Gulf of Jutland
Jutland, Gulf of
Skager Rak
Skagerack
Skagerak
Skagerrak (Denmark and Norway)
Sleeve, The
The Sleeve
See alsoStraits--Denmark
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Straits--Norway
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Found inFaden, W. Chart of The Sleeve or Gulf of Jutland ... Kattegat, 1807: map recto (Gulf of Jutland, called by the English and Dutch The Sleeve; Skager Rak of the Dutch)
Britannica Micro. (Skagerrak: rectangular arm of the North Sea, trending southwest to northeast between Norway on the north and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark on the south. Skagerrak narrows between Cape Skagen (The Skaw), Denmark, and the Swedish coast before turning South into Kattegat.)
Merriam's Web. geog. (Skagerrak or Skagerak)
GeoNames [algorithmically matched] channel; 57°45ʹ00ʺN 009°00ʹ00ʺE