Back Guldborgsund AST Guldborg Sund CEB Guldborg Sund Danish Guldborgsund German Guldborgsund Spanish Guldborgsund French グルドボースンド海峡 Japanese Guldborg Sund Dutch Guldborgsund NN Guldborg Sund NB
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Waters between Lolland and Falster including Rødsand, Guldborg sound, and Bøtø Nor |
| Designated | 9 February 1977 |
| Reference no. | 164[1] |
Guldborgsund is the strait between the Danish islands of Lolland and Falster. It connects Smålandsfarvandet in the north with the Bay of Mecklenburg in the south. The strait is about 30 kilometers long; its breadth varies from 150 meters at Guldborg to 6 kilometer south of Nykøbing Falster. It is navigable for craft of up to 6 metres draught in its northern part and is used for commercial traffic to Nykøbing Falster. The southern part is much shallower with a minimum depth of approximately 2 metres, and can only be used by yachts and other small craft.
Guldborgsund is crossed by two bascule bridges, Frederick IX Bridge at Nykøbing and Guldborgsund Bridge at Guldborg, at the northern end of the strait. There is also a modern tunnel carrying euro route E47 from Copenhagen.
Nykøbing Falster, Guldborg and Sundby have all have marinas in Guldborgsund. Furthermore, the open-air museum Middle Ages Centre has got a museum harbour which was dug out in the mid 1990s. This is the starting point for sailing with reconstructed medieval ships such as Gedesbyskibet.
Guldborgsund was the location of the 2005 KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark National Jamboree.
- ^ "Waters between Lolland and Falster including Rødsand, Guldborg sound, and Bøtø Nor". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.