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Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and
the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany
Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 10 00 E
Map references: Europe
Area:
total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
water: 700 sq km
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 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
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: Ejer Bavnehoj 173 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 sq km (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, 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, Law of the Sea
Geography - note: controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and
Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the
population lives in Copenhagen
Geography
With an area of just 43,069 square kilometers (16,629 square miles),
Denmark is a small, relatively flat nation encompassing the Jutland
Peninsula and roughly 500 islands (100 of which are inhabited).
This complex of islands makes travel somewhat like an amusement-park
ride, with combinations of trains, buses, and boats coming into
play any time travelers want to move from one island to the next.
Jutland, the country's largest area, has a varied landscape, from
the dunes and flat meadows of the east coast to the more dramatic
cliffs of the west coast. It is here that Denmark is connected to
Europe.
The highest hill, at 173 meters (568 feet), is Yding Skovhoj in
Jutland. On Funen, northeast of Faborg, are the Svanninge Bakker,
low hills that are nonetheless high enough to offer a panorama of
the islands south of Funen. Denmark is an agricultural country,
with three-quarters of the land devoted to farming.
As you drive across the country, you'll notice the unique farm buildings
called gaards. The thatched roofs on so many of the half-cottages
are uniquely Danish. They are made from rush harvested from fresh-water
lakes and are expensive both to construct and to insure, but many
Danes persevere, not wanting to relinquish a long-standing tradition.
Climate
Denmark has a temperate maritime climate. The temperature in summer
is about 16° C (about 61° F); in winter, about 0° C (about 32° F).
Changes in wind direction causes wide day-to-day temperature fluctuations.
Average annual rainfall is about 610 mm (about 24 in).
Background: Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a
major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous
nation that is participating in the political and economic integration
of Europe.
So far, however, the country has opted out of some aspects of the
European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the new joint monetary
system.
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