Kodjupet

Along with the Oxdjupet strait [sv], it is one of two shipping routes connecting the open sea to the city of Stockholm, passing either side of the island of Rindö.

Today the Kodjupet is suitable only for smaller vessels, due to its narrow and twisting nature together with a minimum water depth of 3.3 metres (11 ft), but it was formerly the principal route for commercial and naval ships.

Although winding in nature, the strait runs broadly from north to south on its route from the sea to the city.

It is flanked by the islands of Resarö, Edholma and Vaxön to the west, and Stegesund-Hästholmen, Skarpö and Rindö to the east.

[1] In 1548, Gustav Vasa[citation needed] constructed the Vaxholm Fortress on an islet in the middle of the southern part of the Kodjupet strait between Vaxön and Rindö.

The Vaxholm fortress occupies the centre of the Kodjupet strait, with Vaxholm town to the left and Rindö island to the right
Kodjupets lighthouse marks the route between Edholma and Stegesund-Hästholmen with Rindö in the background