Stegesundet is a very narrow

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

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Stockholm Archipelago The Stockholm Archipelago () is the largest archipelago in Sweden, and the second-largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea (the largest being the Archipelago Sea across the Baltic in Finland). Part of the archipelago has been designated as a Rams ...

. It separates the islands of

Stegesund-Hästholmen Stegesund-Hästholmen is an island, sometimes considered a pair of islands, in the Stockholm archipelago in Sweden. Stegesund-Hästholmen is situated in Vaxholm Municipality and Stockholm County. Hästholmen (to the west) and Stegesund (to the ea ...

(to the west) and

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(to the east), and provides a shorter route than the section of the Kodjupet strait that passes to the west of Stegesund-Hästholmen. The strait is too restricted for most commercial shipping, but is used by pleasure craft, ''

Waxholmsbolaget Waxholms Ångfartygs AB, commonly referred to as Waxholmsbolaget, is a shipping company owned by Stockholm county council and is responsible for the seaborne public transport in the Stockholm archipelago and Stockholm harbour. The company, which i ...

'' ships, and other local ferries. Some of the ''Waxholmsbolaget'' ships and local ferries call at Stegesund and Skarpöborg piers on either side of the strait.

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Straits of the Stockholm archipelago Vaxholm Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub