Location	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)
Geographic coordinates	56 00 N, 10 00 E
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 (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Land boundaries	total: 68 km border countries: Germany 68 km
Coastline	7,314 km
Maritime claims	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: Yding Skovhoej 173 m
Natural resources	petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand
Land use	arable land: 55.74% permanent crops: 0.19% other: 44.07% (1998 est.)
Irrigated land	4,760 sq km (1998 est.)
	source: www.cia.gov