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Denmark Strait

 
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–noun
a strait between Iceland and Greenland. 130 mi. (210 km) wide.
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Denmark Strait  
A channel between Greenland and Iceland connecting the Arctic Ocean with the northern Atlantic Ocean.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Denmark Strait

channel partially within the Arctic Circle, lying between Greenland (west) and Iceland (east). About 180 miles (290 km) wide at its narrowest point, the strait extends southward for 300 miles (483 km) from the Greenland Sea to the open waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. The cold East Greenland Current flows southward along the west side of the strait and carries icebergs, which originate in the Arctic Ocean and on the Greenland ice cap; a branch of the warmer Irminger Current flows northward near the Iceland coast.

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