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in the south, with a winding course in between. The northern end is the widest at over 15 km (9.3 mi). From there it runs southwest, narrowing to about 1 km (0.62 mi) at a place called
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hunting. Harbor porpoises winter in Danish waterways, and fishermen would wait in the narrow parts of the belt and drive them to the shallows where they would be slaughtered. Porpoise oil, a type of
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lie within the belt. In part because of its depth, 10% of the water moving between the inner Baltic Sea and the
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in 1970. Today, the old bridge carries local traffic and train lines, while the new bridge carries the
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was active in the area. There are many archaeological sites from the
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The Little Belt's western coastline is largely broken up by irregular inlets called
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in the world, and is home to several thousand individuals. It is the only resident
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The area around the Little Belt is shaped by numerous glacial
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Human populations lived around the Little Belt during the
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are accessible nearby as well. Other species such as
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768:References
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336:Juelsminde
325:Great Belt
317:Marens Hul
281:Baltic Sea
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299:Geography
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741:See also
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544:Iron Age
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311:at dusk.
285:Kattegat
267:and the
1030:55°11′N
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759:Øresund
700:Snoghøj
552:Kolding
521:aurochs
506:History
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362:Geology
283:to the
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755:strait
631:German
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265:Funen
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