Øresund or Öresund, commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand from Scania. The strait has a length of 118 kilometres ; its width var
Aerial view of Øresund and the municipality of Landskrona in Sweden
Øresund Bridge from the air in September 2015
Kronborg castle is situated on the extreme northeastern tip of the island of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund
The Kattegat is a sea of roughly 24,000 km2 bounded by the Skagerrak in the north, Jutland in the west, the Danish Straits and Sjaelland in the south and the Swedish provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötla
Älvsborg at Gothenburg, a sea fortress in the Kattegat
Grenen in Denmark is important for bird migrations and is a protected area.
Bjärekusten Nature Reserve with Hovs Hallar in Sweden.
There are several offshore windfarms in the Kattegat.