Great Belt

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Great Belt
Straits of Denmark and southwestern Baltic Sea. The Great Belt (labelled with its Danish name Storebælt) is slightly left of center
Great Belt
Coordinates	55°19′59″N 11°00′00″E / 55.333°N 11.000°E / 55.333; 11.000
Type	strait
Basin countries	Denmark
Max. length	60 km (37 mi)
Max. width	32 km (20 mi)
Min. width	16 km (10 mi)
Max. depth	60 m (197 ft)
Islands	Samsø in the north and Langeland to the south

The Great Belt (Danish: Storebælt, pronounced [ˈstoːɐˌpelˀt]) is a strait between the major islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Funen (Fyn) in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish Straits.

Effectively dividing Denmark in two, the Belt was served by the Great Belt ferries from the late 19th century until the islands were connected by the Great Belt Fixed Link in 1997–98.