Belt

(GREAT and LITTLE,) two straits of the Baltic Sea, by which it communicates with the Cattegat. Both extend from abt. Lat. 54° 50′ to 55° 40' N. The Great Belt, in Lon. 11° E., between the Danish islands of Zealand and Laaland on the E., and Funen and Lan gel and on the W., has an average breadth of 15 m. The Little Belt, Lon. 9° 50′ E., between the mainland of Denmark on the W. and the island of Funen on the E., has an average breadth of from 6 to 8 m., though at its N. extremity it is le than a mile acro ; depth, 5 to 14 fathoms. [s. 87]