Horsens Fjord is an East Jutland-type fjord in the east coast of the

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peninsula of

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which stretches from the islands of

Alrø Alrø is a small Danish island in Horsens Fjord on the east coast of Jutland within Odder Municipality.The island is 7.52 km long with a coastline of 14 km, and stretches a little over 5 km wide from east to west. With a population ...

and Hjarnø in the east to the town of

Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...

on the mainland. It is some long. The navigational channel to Horsens has a depth of . The islands in the fjord are low-lying with grasslands and lagoons along their coasts. Both Alrø and Hjarnø consist principally of farmland while Vorsø, which has been an unpopulated

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for over 50 years, is now wooded and has a colony of herons. There are also many cormorants in the area.

Protections

Horsens Fjord forms a 42,737 ha

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protection together with the island of Endelave and surrounding sea. The protection was put into force on 2 September 1977 and has number 152.The Annotated Ramsar List: Denmark
Ramsar, 05.08.2013

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