Skag·er·rak

also Skag·er·ak (skăg′ə-răk′, skä′gə-räk′)

A broad strait between southeast Norway and northwest Denmark linking the North Sea and the Kattegat.

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Skagerrak

(ˈskæɡəˌræk)

(Placename) an arm of the North Sea between Denmark and Norway, merging with the Kattegat in the southeast

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Skag•er•rak

(ˈskæg əˌræk, ˈskɑ gəˌrɑk)

n.

an arm of the North Sea, between Denmark and Norway.

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Skagerrak - a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway

Skagerak

North Sea - an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970

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ENPNewswire-August 29, 2019--TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK: This year's tuna tagging project under way in the Skagerrak

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK: This year's tuna tagging project under way in the Skagerrak

Installation on the bed of the fjord will be performed by Nexans' own cable-laying vessel, C/S Nexans Skagerrak, later in 2019.

Nexans qualifies high voltage cable to world record water depth to create power connection across a Norwegian Fjord

The Hornet Main well is targeting the Middle Jurassic Sleipner and Hugin Formations, along with secondary potential in the Upper Triassic Skagerrak and Paleocene Heimdal Formation.

Plenty of exploration activity; NORWAY

With a total area of 385,252 square kilometers, Norway shares a border with Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak Strait to the south.

Young migrant worker bares joys, aches in Norway

As an example, the enormous Nexans Skagerrak advanced cable laying vessel carried out a huge cable spooling operation, offloading 1,500m of 256mm thick submarine cable, weighing an incredible 184.5 tons, at Port of Sunderland.

Cable operation shows port's repair capabilities; OFFSHORE

It is a municipality in Vestfold county and lies on the western coast of the Oslofjord, near its mouth with the Skagerrak. It was established as a municipality in 1838, but records date back as far as 1130 and the city was reportedly founded before the Battle of Hafrsfjord, circa AD871.

Team Abu Dhabi faces tricky Norwegian race challenge in Tonsberg

A The Skagerrak B The Gulf of Bothnia C The Kattegat D The Gulf of Riga QUESTION 13 - for 13 points: Which opera features the aria Nessun Dorma?

The Accumulator Quiz; Each question has four possible answers and is worth from one to 15 points. Circle your chosen answers and keep a record of your points total. Maximum total points 120

During both World Wars, the Skagerrak and Oresund Straits--both of which border Swedish waters and serve as a gateway to the Baltic Sea--were highly contested.

The role of Sweden and Finland in NATO's defence of the Baltic States

Putin's Baltic fleet would meet the same obstacle in the Skagerrak, the strait between Denmark and Norway.

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The ship has been long term chartered by Skangass and shall serve the Skagerrak Kattegat and Baltic Sea areas from the beginning of 2017.

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Other stocks are expected to join the list in 2015 if the decisions approved are respected (Western horse mackerel, plaice in the Channel and sole in the Kattegat and Skagerrak), bringing the number of MSY stocks to 30.

FISHERIES COUNCIL : 2014 TACS IN LINE WITH NEW FISHERIES POLICY