Fehmarn Belt
E306342
Fehmarn Belt is a strait in the western Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland, serving as an important maritime passage and planned fixed-link corridor between Germany and Denmark.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fehmarn Belt canonical | 17 |
| Fehmarnbelt | 1 |
| Femern Strait | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2876258 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fehmarn Belt Context triple: [Kiel Bay, connectsTo, Fehmarn Belt]
-
A.
Great Belt
The Great Belt is a major strait in Denmark that separates the islands of Funen and Zealand and connects the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat.
-
B.
Øresund
Øresund is the strait between Denmark and Sweden that connects the Baltic Sea to the North Sea and is spanned by the Øresund Bridge.
-
C.
Fehmarn
Fehmarn is a Baltic Sea island in northern Germany known for its beaches, nature reserves, and role as a key transport link between Germany and Scandinavia.
-
D.
Kattegat
Kattegat is a shallow sea area and strait between Denmark and Sweden that forms a key maritime passage linking the North Sea with the Baltic Sea.
-
E.
Kalmar Strait
Kalmar Strait is the narrow body of water separating the Swedish island of Öland from the mainland province of Småland in the Baltic Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fehmarn Belt Target entity description: Fehmarn Belt is a strait in the western Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland, serving as an important maritime passage and planned fixed-link corridor between Germany and Denmark.
-
A.
Great Belt
The Great Belt is a major strait in Denmark that separates the islands of Funen and Zealand and connects the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat.
-
B.
Øresund
Øresund is the strait between Denmark and Sweden that connects the Baltic Sea to the North Sea and is spanned by the Øresund Bridge.
-
C.
Fehmarn
Fehmarn is a Baltic Sea island in northern Germany known for its beaches, nature reserves, and role as a key transport link between Germany and Scandinavia.
-
D.
Kattegat
Kattegat is a shallow sea area and strait between Denmark and Sweden that forms a key maritime passage linking the North Sea with the Baltic Sea.
-
E.
Kalmar Strait
Kalmar Strait is the narrow body of water separating the Swedish island of Öland from the mainland province of Småland in the Baltic Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sea strait
ⓘ
strait ⓘ |
| connectsBodyOfWater |
Bay of Mecklenburg
ⓘ
Fehmarn Sound area of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
linked to:
Eckernförde Bay
Kiel Bay ⓘ Mecklenburg Bay ⓘ
linked to:
Bay of Mecklenburg
|
| countryBorderBetween |
Denmark
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Fehmarnbelt
ⓘ
linked to:
Fehmarn Belt
|
| hasCurrent | Baltic Sea tidal and wind-driven currents ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | marine Baltic ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasFerryConnection | Puttgarden–Rødby ferry ⓘ |
| hasMaximumDepth | approximately 30 meters ⓘ |
| hasMinimumDepth | approximately 20 meters ⓘ |
| hasNameOriginLanguage |
Danish
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| hasNearbyPort |
Puttgarden
ⓘ
Rødbyhavn ⓘ |
| hasShippingRoute | Germany–Denmark ferry route ⓘ |
| isOnMajorCorridor | Scandinavia–Central Europe transport corridor ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Baltic Sea entrance system
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltic Sea naval defense system
Danish straits ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
western Baltic Sea ⓘ
linked to:
Baltic Proper
|
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
Denmark
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| nearbyIsland |
Fehmarn
ⓘ
Lolland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Denmark–Germany border
ⓘ
linked to:
Danish–German border
|
| partOfRoute | link between Scandinavia and continental Europe ⓘ |
| plannedFixedLink |
Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
ⓘ
linked to:
Fehmarnbelt Tunnel
|
| plannedFixedLinkConnects |
Puttgarden
ⓘ
Rødbyhavn ⓘ |
| plannedFixedLinkCountries |
Denmark
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| plannedFixedLinkPurpose |
rail transport
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ |
| plannedFixedLinkType | immersed tunnel ⓘ |
| separates |
island of Fehmarn
ⓘ
linked to:
Fehmarn
island of Lolland ⓘ
linked to:
Lolland
|
| strategicImportance |
key maritime passage between Germany and Denmark
ⓘ
shortest sea crossing between German island of Fehmarn and Danish island of Lolland ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
environmental impact assessments for fixed link
ⓘ
international maritime regulations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ferry traffic
ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ maritime navigation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fehmarn Belt Description of subject: Fehmarn Belt is a strait in the western Baltic Sea between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland, serving as an important maritime passage and planned fixed-link corridor between Germany and Denmark.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fehmarn Belt
linked to: Fehmarn Belt