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The Denmark Strait overflow (Danish: Grønlandspumpen; Norwegian: Grønlandspumpa, meaning "the Greenland pump") is an undersea overflow located in the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland. The overflow transports around 3.2 million m 3 (110 million cu ft) of water per second, greatly eclipsing the discharge of the Amazon River into the ...
The Denmark Strait [a] is the strait that separates Greenland from Iceland. ... The world's largest known underwater waterfall, known as the Denmark Strait cataract, ...
The Denmark Strait cataract is roughly 20 times the size of Niagara Falls and is the biggest waterfall on earth. Located miles underneath the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Iceland.
The Irminger Sea is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean.It is bordered to the west by southern Greenland, to the north by Iceland and the Denmark Strait, to the east by the Reykjanes Ridge (a northern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge), and to the south by open waters of the North Atlantic.
Previously the world's tallest indoor waterfall. Viktoriapark Waterfall: 24 metres (79 ft) [67] Viktoriapark: Germany: Lotte Music Fountain: 18.2 metres (60 ft) [68] Aqua Mall, Lotte Department Store (Busan) South Korea: Center column is considered an indoor waterfall, despite being known as a fountain.
Given the small size of the Danish special-operations community, the Frogman Corps is responsible for several mission sets, including maritime counterterrorism, special reconnaissance, underwater ...
The 1960 British war film Sink the Bismarck! discusses the strategic importance of the GIUK gap during World War II naval operations in the Atlantic theatre, and depicts the Battle of the Denmark Strait between British and German forces. It is based on the novel The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by C. S. Forester.
A new 17-mile underwater tunnel could link Europe’s high-speed rail network to North Africa by 2030 – if a €6bn proposal goes ahead. ... At its deepest, the strait dives 2,950ft (900m) down ...