Denmark Strait
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The Denmark Strait is a strait between Greenland and Iceland.
It connects the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and is 300 miles (480 km) long and 180 miles (290 km) wide at its narrowest. The cold East Greenland current passes through the strait and carries icebergs south into the north Atlantic Ocean.
During World War II, the Battle of the Denmark Strait took place in may 1941 between German and British ships, thwarting a German squadron's attempt to break through into the Northern Atlantic Ocean. HMS Hood was sunk with great loss of life.