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280 nautical miles (519 kilometers)
- An average of 280 nautical miles (519 kilometers) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula. This not only saves time but also avoids potentially dangerous storm-prone seas.
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An average of 280 nautical miles (519 kilometers) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula. This not only saves time but also avoids potentially dangerous storm-prone seas.
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6 days ago · By using the Kiel Canal instead of circumnavigating the Jutland Peninsula, an average of 290 miles is saved. This not only saves time but also avoids storm-prone seas and the need to pass through ...
It is the safest, shortest and the most convenient shipping route between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. An average of 280 nautical miles will be saved by using the Kiel-Canal instead of the way around Skaw.
An average of 460 km (290 mi) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula. This not only saves time but also avoids storm-prone seas and having to pass through the Danish straits.
With a length of nearly 100 kilometres, Kiel Canal crosses the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein between Brunsbuettel and Kiel-Holtenau. A transit results in an average distance saving of 900 kilometres compared to the passage through Skagerrak.
Kiel Canal, important waterway in northern Germany, extending eastward for 98 km (61 miles) to connect the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The canal constitutes the safest, most convenient, shortest, and cheapest shipping route between the two seas and is a key route for Baltic shipping.
