Geography of Denmark

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Location

Northern Europe, islands in the Baltic Sea and the northern part of the Jutland peninsula bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea

Geographic coordinates

56°00′N, 10°00′E

Map references

Europe

Area

Total: 43,094 km²
Land: 42,394 km²
Water: 700 km²

Note: Includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland

Area - comparative

Slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts

Land boundaries

Total: 68 km
Border countries: Germany 68 km

Coastline

7,314 km

Maritime claims

Contiguous zone: 24 nautical miles (44 km)
Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles (370 km)
Territorial sea: 12 nautical miles (22 km)

Climate

Temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

Terrain

Low and flat to gently rolling plains

Elevation extremes

Lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
Highest point: Møllehøj 171 m

Natural resources

Petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand

Land use

Arable land: 60%
Permanent crops: 0%
Permanent pastures: 5%
Forests and woodland: 10%
Other: 25% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land

4,350 km² (1993 est.)

Natural hazards

Flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes

Environment - current issues

Air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides

Environment - international agreements

Party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
Signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

Geography - note: Controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in Copenhagen

Transnational issues

Iceland disputes the Faroe Islands' fisheries median line.
Iceland, the United Kingdom, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nautical miles or about 370 km.
The Faroe Islands continue to study proposals for full independence.
Uncontested sovereignty dispute with Canada over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
Denmark and Poland have failed to reach an agreement settling the boundary between the two countries.
Denmark is currently investigating the extent of the continental shelf of Greenland, in the hope that Greenland's Exclusive Economic Zone can be expanded. One of the areas investigated is the geographical North Pole.

[edit] See also

List of islands of Denmark

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Geography of Europe

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Dependencies, autonomies and other territories
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¹ Has significant territory in Asia. ² Entirely in West Asia, but considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons. ³ Only recognised by Turkey. ⁴ Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border between Europe and Asia.

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