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The Denmark Strait or Greenland Strait ((デンマーク語:Danmarksstrædet), (アイスランド語:Grænlandssund), the latter meaning Greenland Sound) is an oceanic strait between Iceland (to its southeast) and Greenland (to its northwest). The Norwegian island of Jan Mayen lies northeast of the strait. It connects the Greenland Sea, an extension of the Arctic Ocean, to the Irminger Sea, a part of the Atlantic Ocean and stretches long and miles wide at its narrowest, from ''Straumnes'' the northwestern headland of the Westfjords peninsula of Hornstrandir and Cape Tupinier on ''Blosseville Coast'' in East Greenland). The official International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) delineation between the Arctic and the North Atlantic Oceans runs from Straumness to Cape Nansen, southwest of Cape Tunipier. From Straumnes to Cape Nansen the distance is . The narrow depth, where the Greenland-Iceland Rise runs on the bottom of the sea, is . The cold East Greenland Current passes through the strait and carries icebergs south into the North Atlantic. It hosts important fisheries. The world's largest underwater waterfall, flows down the Western side of the Denmark Strait, known as the Denmark Strait cataract.〔(To the Denmark Strait: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. )〕 During World War II, the Battle of the Denmark Strait took place on 24 May 1941. The German battleship ''Bismarck'' sank the British battlecruiser , which exploded with the loss of all but three of its 1,418 crew; HMS ''Prince of Wales'' was seriously damaged in the engagement. ''Bismarck'' entered the Atlantic through the Strait but damage sustained in the battle, combined with British aircraft search and destroy missions, led to its sinking three days later. ==See also== * GIUK gap 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Denmark Strait」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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