Cattegat

/ ˈkætɪˌɡæt /

noun

1. a former spelling of Kattegat

Example Sentences

If steps could be taken to intercept the German vessels' retreat through the Cattegat, it seemed as if they were doomed to annihilation at the hands of the British.

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Ten German trawlers were sunk by the British in the Cattegat on April 15.

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The river flows out of the southern extremity of the lake almost due south to the Cattegat, which it enters by two arms enclosing the island of Hisingen, the eastern forming the harbour and bearing the heavy sea-traffic of the port of 270 Gothenburg.

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If the Liimfjord becomes an open strait, the washing of sea sand through it would perhaps block up some of the belts and small channels now important for the navigation of the Baltic, and the direct introduction of a tidal current might produce very perceptible effects on the hydrography of the Cattegat.

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The emigrant ship pounded through the Cattegat, swung southward through the Skagerrack and the bleak North Sea.

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