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News: Archaeologists have recovered large quantities of blue-and-white Chinese porcelain, along with fragments of chandeliers, goblets, textiles and grain, from a depth of about 600 meters in the Skagerrak Strait.
About Skagerrak Strait
- Location: Skagerrak Strait is located between Norway, Sweden, and Denmark and connects the North Sea with the Kattegat sea.
- Size: It is about 240 km long and 130–145 km wide.
- It narrows between Cape Skagen (the Skaw) in Denmark and the Swedish coast.
- From there, it turns south into the Kattegat, leading toward the Danish Sounds and the Baltic Sea.
- It is shallow along the Danish shore and deepens toward the Norwegian coast.
- Importance: It is an important and busy shipping route.
- Major ports on the Skagerrak include Oslo and Kristiansand in Norway, and Uddevalla and Strömstad in Sweden.
- Historical significance: The Battle of Jutland which was a major naval battle during World War I, was fought near the Skagerrak in 1916.
