The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the ________.

The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the Kiel Canal. Kiel Canal, German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, English North Sea–Baltic Sea Canal, waterway in northern Germany, extending eastward for 98 km (61 miles) from Brunsbüttelkoog (on the North Sea, at the mouth of the Elbe River) to Holtenau (at Kiel Harbour on the Baltic Sea).