Denmark | History, Geography, Culture | Britannica
Denmark, country occupying the peninsula of Jutland (Jylland), which extends northward from the centre of continental western Europe, and an archipelago of more than 400 islands to the east of the peninsula. Jutland makes up more than twothirds of the country's total land area; at its northern tip is the island of VendsysselThy (1,809 square miles [4,685 square km]), separated from the ...