Langerak is the name for the eastern part of

Limfjord The Limfjord ( common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in northwest Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as an inlet ever since Viking times. However, it now has entries both ...

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and is one of the East Jutish Fjorde. The designation covers the narrow length of the fjord between

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

and Hals which is approximately 30 km long and ranges between 400m to 2 km in width. The meandering fjord was created during the last ice age. For most of recorded history Langerak was the only access to the open sea from the regional commercial centre of Aalborg. In 1825 however the isthmus at the western end of Limfjorden was breach by the sea and the fjord has technically been a strait since then. Langerak however remains the main access for larger commercial ships between

Kattegat The Kattegat (; ; ) is a sea area bounded by the peninsula of Jutland in the west, the Danish straits islands of Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the south and the Swedish provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötland, Halland and Scania in Swede ...

and most harbours around Limfjorden.

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* * * Fjords of Denmark Straits of Denmark {{fjord-stub