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List of extreme points of Denmark

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This is a list of the extreme points of Denmark: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

Latitude and longitude

Jutland Peninsula

This includes only land on the Jutland peninsula – land that is part of mainland Europe:

Following a flood in 1825, the northernmost part of Jutland is actually an island.[2]

Denmark proper

This includes only land in the European Union, also called Denmark proper, excluding Greenland and the Faroe Islands which are considered separate countries:

All territories

Danish territory includes the island of Kaffeklubben, the northernmost permanent piece of land on earth.[3] There are several temporary gravel banks marginally further north, such as Oodaaq, but these are not included here.

Gedser is also the southernmost point of Scandinavia and the Nordic countries.[1]

Altitude

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "The Most Extreme Points Of Denmark". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ Marsh, George Perkins (1885). The Earth as Modified by Human Action. C. Scribner's sons. p. 56.
  3. ^ a b "The Northernmost Points Of The Northernmost Countries In The World". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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