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Denmark is located southwest of Sweden and due south of Norway and is bordered by the German state (and former possession) Schleswig-Holstein to the south, with a 68-kilometre (42-mile) long land border. Denmark borders both the Baltic and North seas along its 8,750 km (5,440 mi) tidal shoreline.
The modern Norway–Sweden border remained the border between Denmark–Norway and Sweden until the breakup of Denmark and Norway in 1814. Under the Treaty of Kiel, Denmark retained possession of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Iceland became a separate kingdom in union with Denmark in 1918, and became an independent republic in 1944.
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An enlargeable map of Greenland. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greenland: . Greenland – autonomous Nordic nation that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. [1]
The most common usage: the three monarchies; Denmark, Norway and Sweden An extended usage: including Finland, Iceland and the autonomous territory Faroe Islands. This is equal to the the Nordics (including the autonomous territory of Greenland).
The mainland is bordered to the south by Germany; Denmark is southwest of Sweden and south of Norway. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea . The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland (Jylland) and many islands, most notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Lolland , Falster and Bornholm as well as hundreds of minor ...
Map showing the Denmark Strait Pack ice in the Denmark Strait The Denmark Strait [ a ] is the strait that separates Greenland from Iceland . The Norwegian island of Jan Mayen lies northeast of the strait.
Denmark's second largest island, the North Jutlandic Island, was not always an island. A storm on 3 February 1825 penetrated the narrow land mass, Agger Tange, and thus separated Northern Jutland from the rest of Jutland. The area had earlier been an island, when a strait at Vust had been open prior to the 12th century.