{{Short description|Strait in Denmark}} {{For|the Danish municipality|Guldborgsund Municipality}} {{Designation list | designation1 = Ramsar | designation1_offname = Waters between Lolland and Falster including Rødsand, Guldborg sound, and Bøtø Nor | designation1_date = 9 February 1977 | designation1_number = 164<ref>{{Cite web|title=Waters between Lolland and Falster including Rødsand, Guldborg sound, and Bøtø Nor|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/164|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref> }} [[Image:Denmark-lolland-falster-moen Islands Bays.png|thumb|400px|Guldborgsund between [[Falster]] and [[Lolland]].]]
'''Guldborgsund''' is the [[strait]] between the [[Denmark|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 kilometers south of Nykøbing Falster. It is navigable for craft of up to 6 metres [[Draft (hull)|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 bridge]]s, [[Frederick IX Bridge]] at Nykøbing and [[Guldborgsund Bridge]] at [[Guldborg]], at the northern end of the strait. There is also a [[Guldborgsundtunnelen|modern tunnel]] carrying euro route [[European route E47|E47]] from [[Copenhagen]].
Nykøbing Falster, [[Guldborg]] and [[Sundby (Lolland)|Sundby]] have all have [[marina]]s in Guldborgsund. Furthermore, the [[open-air museum]] [[Middelaldercentret|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 (Scouting)|Jamboree]].
==Battleship== [[USS MSC-257|''Guldborgsund'']] is also the name of a [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] that served in the [[Royal Danish Navy]] from 1956 to 1993. It was built by Stephens Brothers Inc. in [[Stockton, California|Stockton]], United States, and launched March 14, 1956. Two {{Convert|900|hp|kW|-1|abbr=on}} [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[diesel engine]]s powered it to a max speed of {{convert|13.5|kn|km/h|0}}. With 375 tons of displacement, it had a range of {{convert|3600|nmi|km|-1}} at {{convert|7|kn|km/h|0}}. It was crewed by 33-37 men, including four [[Officer (armed forces)|officers]], during its service. It was decommissioned on May 4, 1993.
== Gallery == <gallery> Image:Guldborgsund.jpg|Guldborgsund view from south to [[Guldborg]]. Image:Nykøbing waterfront.jpg|The industrial harbour in [[Nykøbing Falster]]. Image:Frederick bridge from bank.jpg|[[Frederick IX Bridge]] which crosses Guldborgsund at Nykøbing Falster. Image:Medieval_town_at_Middelaldercentret.JPG|The harbour at the [[Middelaldercentret|Middle Ages Centre]]. Image:Guldborg.jpg|The marina in [[Guldborg]]. Image:Sejlere i Guldborgsund.jpg|''Sejlere på Guldborgsund'' (''Sailors on Guldborgsund'') in [[Statens Museum for Kunst|National Gallery of Denmark]], [[Copenhagen]]. Image:Guldborgsund Jamboree.JPG|2005 [[KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark]] National [[Jamboree (Scouting)|Jamboree]]. </gallery>
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