The Strömma Canal ( sv, Strömma kanal) is a short

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located near

Strömma Strömma is a locality situated in Värmdö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 579 inhabitants in 2010. See also * Strömma Canal The Strömma Canal ( sv, Strömma kanal) is a short canal located near Strömma, on Värmdö (islan ...

, on Värmdö island,

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, part of

Värmdö Municipality Värmdö Municipality (''Värmdö kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island at an elevation of . The municipality is na ...

in Sweden.

Situation

This short canal runs parallel to the Svanvägen Road and forms a relatively narrow and shallow connection across Värmdö Island, joining two fjords together, thereby allowing a short cut and safer route from

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and other places to the outer Stockholm archipelago islands such as

Sandhamn Sandhamn (Swedish for "Sand Harbour") is a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago in central-eastern Sweden, approximately 50 km (30 mi) east of Stockholm. Sandhamn is located on the island Sandö ...

and

Runmarö Runmarö is an island located in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN ...

. A lifting canal road overbridge allows for the passage of larger powered boats and yachts across the Stavnäsvägen Road. Värmdö itself is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, and is the largest island in the archipelago.

Current status

The canal is in regular use and is utilised by the many private pleasure boats and such vessels as the MV ''Strömma Kanal'', a sizeable tourist boat that runs seasonally from Stockholm to the island of

.Stromma canal Cruise
Retrieved : 2011-07-17

References

External links

* Canals in Sweden {{Stockholm-geo-stub