Editing Kattegat (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Gothenburg juli 2009 (ubt)-000.JPG|thumb|[[Älvsborg Castle|Älvsborg]] at Gothenburg, a sea fortress in the Kattegat]]
According to the definition established in a 1932 convention signed by Denmark, [[Norway]] and Sweden (registered in the [[League of Nations]] [[Treaty Series]] 1933–1934), the northern boundary between the Kattegat and Skagerrak is at the northernmost point of [[Skagen]] on Jutland and the southern boundary towards [[Øresund]] is at the tip of [[Kullen Lighthouse|Kullen]] Peninsula in Scania.<ref>[http://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/LON/Volume%20139/v139.pdf Convention No 3210]. League of Nations Treaty Series 139, 1933–1934. Retrieved 27 December 2012.</ref>

Major [[waterway]]s that drain into the Kattegat are the rivers of [[Göta älv]] at [[Gothenburg]], together with the [[Lagan River (Sweden)|Lagan]], [[Nissan (river)|Nissan]], [[Ätran (river)|Ätran]] and [[Viskan]] in the province of [[Halland]] on the Swedish side, and the Danish river of [[Gudenå]] in Jutland.

The main islands of the Kattegat are [[Samsø]], [[Læsø]] and [[Anholt (Denmark)|Anholt]]; due to their relatively dry climate, the last two are, perceived to belong to "the Danish desert belt".

A number of noteworthy coastal areas abut the Kattegat, including the [[Kullaberg Nature Reserve]] in Scania, which contains a number of [[rare species]] and a scenic [[rocky shore]], the town of [[Mölle]], which has a picturesque harbour and views into the Kullaberg, and Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark.

Since the 1950s, a bridge project usually referred to as ''Kattegatbroen'' (the [[Kattegat Bridge]]) connecting Jutland and [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] across the Kattegat has been considered. Since the late 2000s, the project has seen a renewed interest from several influential politicians in Denmark. The bridge is usually envisioned as connecting Hov (a village south of [[Odder]] in the Aarhus area) with Samsø and [[Kalundborg]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ing.dk/artikel/ingenioren-1955-byg-bro-over-samso-81947 |title=Ingeniøren 1955: Byg bro over Samsø [Build a bridge across Samsø] |newspaper=Ingeniøren|author=Rolf Ask Clausen |language=da|date=2 October 2007 |access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kattegatforbindelse.dk/|title=En fast Kattegatforbindelse|website=kattegatforbindelse.dk|publisher=Kattegatkomitéen |language=da|access-date=15 May 2017}}</ref>

===Extent===
The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the limits of the "Kattegat, Sound and Belts" (that is, the Kattegat, [[Øresund]], [[Great Belt]], and [[Little Belt]]) as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf |title=Limits of Oceans and Seas |edition=3rd |year=1953 |publisher=[[International Hydrographic Organization]] |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008191433/http://www.iho-ohi.net/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S23_1953.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2011 }}</ref>

{{Blockquote|''On the North'': A line joining [[Skagen]] (The Skaw, northernmost point of Denmark) and Paternoster Skær ({{coord|57|54|N|11|27|E|display=inline}}) and thence northeastward through the shoals to [[Tjörn Municipality|Tjörn Island]].

''On the South'': The limits of the Baltic Sea in the Belts and Sound:

* ''In the Little Belt'': A line joining Falshöft ({{coord|54|47|N|9|57.5|E|display=inline}}) and Vejsnæs Nakke (Ærö: {{coord|54|49|N|10|26|E|display=inline}}).
* ''In the Great Belt'': A line joining Gulstav (Southernmost extremity of [[Langeland]] Island, {{coord|54|43|36|N|10|42|42|E|display=inline}}) and Kappel Kirke ({{coord|54|46|N|11|01|E|display=inline}}) on the island of [[Lolland|Laaland]].
*  ''In the Guldborg Sund'': A line joining Flinthorne-Rev ({{coord|54|38|30|N|11|49|16|E}}) and Skelby ({{coord|54|38|00|N|11|53|14|E}});
* ''In the Sound'': A line joining [[Stevns Peninsula|Stevns]] Lighthouse ({{coord|55|17|N|12|27|E|display=inline}}) and [[Falsterbo|Falsterbo Point]] ({{coord|55|23|N|12|49|E|display=inline}}).}}