Horsens Fjord

{{Short description|Fjord in Denmark}}

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{{Designation list

| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Horsens Fjord and Endelave

| designation1_date = 2 September 1977

| designation1_number = 152{{Cite web|title=Horsens Fjord and Endelave|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/152|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}

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Horsens Fjord is an East Jutland-type fjord in the east coast of the Danish peninsula of Jutland which stretches from the islands of Alrø and Hjarnø in the east to the town of Horsens on the mainland. It is some {{convert|20|km|mi}} long. The navigational channel to Horsens has a depth of {{convert|7|m|ft}}.[http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Indre_danske_farvande/Horsens_Fjord?highlight=horsens%20fjord "Horsens Fjord"], Den store Danske. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 January 2010.

The islands in the fjord are low-lying with grasslands and lagoons along their coasts. Both Alrø and Hjarnø consist principally of farmland while Vorsø, which has been an unpopulated nature reserve for over 50 years, is now wooded and has a colony of herons. There are also many cormorants in the area.[http://www.skovognatur.dk/Ud/Beskrivelser/Fjordlandet/HorsensFjord.htm "Horsens Fjord"]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Skov- og Naturstyrelsen. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 June 2010.