Denmark Strait Atlantic Oceans runs from Straumnes to Cape Nansen, southwest of Cape Tunipier. From Straumnes to Cape Nansen the distance is . The narrow depth, where the Greenland–Iceland Rise runs along the bottom of the sea, is . The cold East Greenland Current passes through the strait and carries icebergs south into the North Atlantic. It hosts important fisheries. The world's largest known underwater waterfall, known as the Denmark Strait cataract, flows down the western side of the Denmark Strait. During World War II, the Battle of the Denmark Strait took place on 24 May 1941. The sank the British battlecruiser
Investigator Strait Kangaroo Island. A number of protected areas are located both within and adjoining the Strait’s extent. The following reserves are located on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula (from west to east): The following reserves are located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island (from west to east): The following reserve is located on Althorpe Islands, Haystack Island and Seal Island at the north-west end of the strait: Investigator Strait Investigator Strait is a body of water in South Australia lying between the Yorke Peninsula, on the Australian mainland, and Kangaroo Island. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his