Grønsund is a

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

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separating the island

Falster Falster () is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010.

from the smaller islands of

Møn Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg Municipality, Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langeb ...

and Bogø.

Grønsund Grønsund is a strait in Denmark separating the island Falster from the smaller islands of Møn and Bogø. Grønsund Færgegård, Grønsund is also the name of a locality on the northeast coast of Falster from where the ferries to Møn used to ...

is also the name of a locality on the northeast coast of Falster from where the ferries to Møn used to operate. Grønsund Ferry House was built in 1731 and listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950.

Geography

Grønsund's maximum depth is at approx. 20 metres and the width is between 1 - 4 km.

Storstrømmen Storstrømmen (; lit. ''The Great Stream'') is a strait in Denmark separating the island Falster from the island Zealand. Geography Its maximum depth is approximately and the length is around . Smålandsfarvandet sound is situated to the ...

channel is situated to the west and Stege Bugt lies to the north between

Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ...

and Møn. A ferry crosses the channel in the summertime from

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to Bogø island. Grønsund has several shallow areas, i.e. near Bogø, and has a strong and alternating current.

Environment

Both submersed and riparian

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is rich, and the sound is an important breeding area for wildlife and fish. Many shore birds, including cormorants, mute swans, greylag geese, pintails, shovelers, eiders, avocets, several species of waders, as well as gulls and terns are breeding in the area. The

porpoise Porpoises () are small Oceanic dolphin, dolphin-like cetaceans classified under the family Phocoenidae. Although similar in appearance to dolphins, they are more closely related to narwhals and Beluga whale, belugas than to the Oceanic dolphi ...

lives in the area.

History

Grønsund on Falster was already in the Middle Ages used as a hubn for ferry service to Møn. A building known as Borrehuset was constructed at the site in 1705. It was replaced by

Grønsund Færgegård Grønsund Færgegård, situated in the northeastern corner of Falster, approximately 5 km east of Stubbekøbing, was for almost 200 years a hub for the ferries between Falster and Møn in southeastern Denmark. Grønsund is the name of the strait ...

in 1731.

Oil spill

On March 29, 2001, the oil tanker ''Baltic Carrier'' collided with the bulk carrier ''Tern'' in the western Baltic Sea, near the naval border between Germany and Denmark. 2700 tons of bunker oil leaked from the cargo tanks into the sea, affecting the Danish shoreline, especially Grønsund.

Sources

Environment report, The “Baltic Carrier” Oil Spill.

Status and management of important areas for breeding birds at the coasts of Storstrøms County, Denmark.
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Geography

Environment

History

Oil spill

Sources

See also