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The Denmark Strait overflow (Danish: Grønlandspumpen; Norwegian: Grønlandspumpa, meaning "the Greenland pump") is an undersea overflow located in the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland. The overflow transports around 3.2 million m 3 (110 million cu ft) of water per second, greatly eclipsing the discharge of the Amazon River into the ...
The strait connects the Greenland Sea, an extension of the Arctic Ocean, to the Irminger Sea, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is 480 kilometres (300 mi) long. The narrowest part of the strait is 290 kilometres (180 mi) wide and lies between Straumnes, on Iceland's Hornstrandir peninsula, and Cape Tupinier, on Greenland's Blosseville Coast.
Underwater falls, such as the 3,505 m (11,499 ft) Denmark Strait cataract, are not included. Waterfall Image Height Locality Country Ref; Angel Falls: 979 metres ...
The Denmark Strait cataract is an undersea overflow which could be considered a "waterfall" under a very broad usage of that term; if so included, it is the largest known waterfall. [11] Artificial waterfalls are water features or fountains that imitate a natural waterfall. [51]
The 1960 British war film Sink the Bismarck! discusses the strategic importance of the GIUK gap during World War II naval operations in the Atlantic theatre, and depicts the Battle of the Denmark Strait between British and German forces. It is based on the novel The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C. S. Forester.
Denmark has closed one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes over an activated but malfunctioning missile launcher on a Danish navy ship, the country’s military said Thursday.
Where an island is situated between a "belt" and a "sound", typically the broader strait is called "belt" and the narrower one is the "sound": Als: separated from the continent by Alssund; separated from Fyn by the southern part of the Little Belt, an area referred to in German (but not Danish) as Alsenbelt; Fehmarn
Denmark's royal family, members of the royal House of Glücksburg, loves their summer vacations. ... Queen Anne-Marie of Greece and Princess Benedikte of Denmark, and more formal photos of heir to ...