Denmark

Denmark is a Nordic country located in Northern Europe. It serves as the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, which is a constitutionally unitary state incorporating the autonomous territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

What defines the landscape and climate of metropolitan Denmark?

Metropolitan Denmark, also known as continental Denmark or Denmark proper, comprises the northern Jutland peninsula alongside an archipelago of 406 islands. Across the entire Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, there are roughly 1,400 islands greater than 100 square metres in area, of which 443 are named and 78 are inhabited. Zealand, also referred to as Sjælland, is the largest and most populated island in metropolitan Denmark. It accounts for roughly 40 percent of the total population and hosts the capital city of Copenhagen across Zealand, Amager, and Slotsholmen. Geographically, metropolitan Denmark is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east. It lies south of Norway, southwest of Sweden, and north of Germany, sharing a short border with Germany.

The terrain is composed mostly of flat, arable land characterized by low elevation and sandy coasts. In earlier periods, the vast moors of Jutland were cleared for agriculture following the Second Schleswig War. Climatically, the country experiences a temperate regime. Its geographic latitude traverses southern Alaska and places it north of Edmonton, with Copenhagen situated on the same latitude as Moscow and Glasgow.

More detailed geographical records are available via the GeoNames record for Denmark, and further historical and geographical background can be reviewed on Wikipedia.