Skagerrak
strait between Denmark, Norway and Sweden connecting the North Sea and the Kattegatt sea area / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Skagerrak is a sea in the northern part of Europe between Norway and Denmark. Skagerrak is a part of the North Sea. To the east is Kattegat.
![Skagerrak is a gulf of the North Sea, bounded by Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Nseamap.gif)
Close to the Norwegian coast is a deep trench (700 m), the rest of the sea is shallow. Oil and gas are produced from rigs in the Skagerrak.
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