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This is a list of islands of Denmark.

Overview

There are about 406 islands in Denmark, not including the Faroe Islands or Greenland.[1] Some 70 of them are populated while the rest are uninhabited. Some of the uninhabited islands have only become uninhabited in recent decades, for economic reasons, as lighthouses and other publicly run facilities either became automated, or relocated to main islands or Jutland peninsula. Others became uninhabited as living costs outpaced income for the often fewer than 10 locals.

Definition

Different lists of Danish islands vary, depending on how the word "island" is defined. According to the official Danish Government definition, an "island" needs to be surrounded by water at least one-half metre deep, and also to have land vegetation.[2]

Another common criterion is that an "island" needs to be surrounded by free-flowing, natural water and not just an artificial, narrow canal. According to this criterion, places such as Christianshavn and Holmen in Copenhagen, although sometimes referred to as artificial islands, are actually parts of the island of Amager.

Dynamic number

The number of islands in Denmark changes from time to time. New islands are occasionally formed by sedimentation. Several examples of these new islands are found in the waters around Æbelø, north of Funen, including Drætlingen which formed in the late 1990s, and a still unnamed islet that was registered in 2008. These new islands are generally less stable than larger, morainic islands, and may later disappear again. Other islands are created artificially. Peberholm, formed in the process of construction of the Øresund Bridge, is a notable example. Other artificial Danish islands include a number of marine fortresses off Copenhagen, such as Middelgrundsfortet, Trekroner Fort and Flakfortet.

Islands may also disappear. An example of this is Jordsand, one of the Danish Wadden Sea Islands. According to records from 1231, the island then had an area of about 2,000 hectares (8 square miles). After a series of severe storms during that century, its area decreased to around 41 hectares, and by 1763 to around 18 hectares. By December 1999, the European windstorm Cyclone Anatol had destroyed the last piece of the island and Jordsand had ceased to exist.[3]

In other cases, islands are absorbed by larger neighbouring masses of dry land, as a result of either natural sedimentation or artificial land reclamation in the channels separating them. Sometimes this means that an island becomes a cape or headland, or a peninsula as is the case of the former island of Reersø.

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.

List of 100 largest Danish islands

This is a list of the largest islands of Denmark (Press the symbol after the headings in the table to rearrange the list according to population size, location or alphabetically):

Rank	Island's name	Area km2	Population[4] (1 January 2013)	Location
1	Zealand	7,031	2,208,348	Baltic Sea / Kattegat / Øresund / Great Belt
2	North Jutlandic Island (Vendsyssel-Thy)	4,685	297 886	North Sea / Kattegat / Skagerrak / Limfjord
3	Funen	2,985	456,128	Great Belt / Little Belt / Kattegat / South Funen Archipelago
4	Lolland	1,243	62,578	Baltic Sea / Smålandsfarvandet / Storstrømmen
5	Bornholm	588	40,715	Baltic Sea
6	Falster	514	42,544	Baltic Sea / Storstrømmen
7	Mors	368	21,163	Limfjord
8	Als	321	50,682	Little Belt
9	Langeland	284	12,644	Great Belt
10	Møn	218	9,580	Baltic Sea
11	Rømø	129	618	Wadden Sea, North Sea
12	Samsø	112	3,806	Kattegat
13	Læsø	101	1,839	Kattegat
14	Amager	95.3	180,657	Øresund
15	Ærø	88	6,516	South Funen Archipelago
16	Tåsinge	70	6,174	South Funen Archipelago
17	Fanø	56	3,237	Wadden Sea, North Sea
18	Fur	22	826	Limfjorden
19	Anholt	22	169	Kattegat
20	Fejø	16	464	Smålandsfarvandet
21	Saltholm	16.0	1	Øresund
22	Orø	15	846	Isefjorden
23	Endelave	13.1	176	Kattegat
24	Bogø	13.0	1,108	Storstrømmen
25	Sejerø	12.4	348	Kattegat
26	Femø	11.0	123	Smålandsfarvandet
27	Jegindø	7.9	464	Limfjord
28	Mandø	7.6	41	Wadden Sea, North Sea
29	Thurø	7.5	3,595	South Funen Archipelago
30	Alrø	7.5	147	Horsens Fjord
31	Agersø	7.0	181	Great Belt
32	Venø	6.5	190	Limfjord
33	Bågø	6.2	27	Little Belt
34	Lyø	6.0	101	South Funen Archipelago
35	Egholm	6	48	Limfjord
36	Avernakø	5.9	114	South Funen Archipelago
37	Årø	5.7	157	Little Belt
38	Glænø	5.6	51	Smålandsfarvandet
39	Gavnø	5.5	31	Great Belt
40	Strynø	4.9	202	South Funen Archipelago
41	Nyord	4.8	41	Baltic Sea
42	Omø	4.5	154	Great Belt
43	Drejø	4.3	64	South Funen Archipelago
44	Fænø	3.9	2	Little Belt
45	Agerø	3.8	26	Limfjord
46	Tunø	3.5	109	Kattegat
47	Enø	3.4	332	Smålandsfarvandet
48	Livø	3.3	9	Limfjord
49	Hjarnø	3.2	104	Kattegat
50	Askø	2.82	37	Smålandsfarvandet
51	Æbelø	2.50	-	Kattegat
52	Barsø	2.50	22	Little Belt
53	Nekselø	2.20	18	Kattegat (Sejerøbugten)
54	Brandsø	2.00	-	Little Belt
55	Skarø	1.97	33	South Funen Archipelago
56	Tærø	1.73	1	Storstrømmen
57	Masnedø	1.68	129	Storstrømmen
58	Vejrø	1.57	5	Storstrømmen
59	Bjørnø	1.50	32	South Funen Archipelago
60	Sprogø	1.50	-	Great Belt
61	Eskilsø	1.39	6	Roskilde Fjord
62	Dybsø	1.34	1	Smålandsfarvandet
63	Vigelsø	1.32	-	Odense Fjord
64	Siø	1.31	15	South Funen Archipelago
65	Langø	1.30	2	Storstrømmen
66	Peberholm	1.3	-	Øresund
67	Romsø	1.09	-	Great Belt
68	Skalø	1.06	-	Smålandsfarvandet
69	Enehøje	1.04	-	Nakskov Fjord
70	Langli	1.00	-	Wadden Sea, North Sea
71	Hjortø	0.90	8	South Funen Archipelago
72	Farø	0.93	5	Storstrømmen
73	Birkholm	0.92	11	South Funen Archipelago
74	Illumø	0.90	-	South Funen Archipelago (Helnæsbugten)
75	Lilleø	0.86	7	Storstrømmen
76	Rågø	0.80	-	Smålandsfarvandet
77	Hesselø	0.71	-	Kattegat
78	Store Egholm	0.70	-	South Funen Archipelago
79	Hjelm	0.63	-	Kattegat
80	Vorsø	0.6	1	Horsens Fjord
81	Halmø	0.50	-	South Funen Archipelago
82	Strynø Kalv	0.50	-	South Funen Archipelago (Helnæsbugten)
83	Fjendø	0.40	-	Nissum Fjord
84	Vejlø	0.37	-	Nakskov Fjord
85	Mejlø	0.34	-	Kattegat / Great Belt
86	Draget	0.28	-	Kattegat (off Bogense)
87	Store Svelmø	0.27	-	South Funen Archipelago
88	Christiansø	0.25	92	Baltic Sea
89	Kalvø, Guldborgsund	0.22	-	Baltic Sea (Guldborgsund)
90	Slotsholmen	0.21	14	Øresund
91	Tornø	0.21	4	Odense Fjord
92	Græsholm, Hirsholmene	0.21	3	Kattegat
93	Vigø	0.20	-	South Funen Archipelago (Helnæsbugten)
94	Slotø	0.20	-	Nakskov Fjord
95	Hjælmshoved	0.20	-	South Funen Archipelago
96	Kalvø, Genner Bugt	0.17	13	Little Belt
97	Hirsholm	0.17	3	Kattegat
98	Ejlinge	0.16	-	Kattegat
99	Møgelø	0.14	-	Julsø

Other populated islands

• Frederiksø - see Christiansø above
• Store Okseø, 3 inhabitants
• Egholm

Areas sometimes referred to as islands

• Jordsand, a former island
• Vejlø, a peninsula but in some sources referred to as an island
• Christianshavn, considered part of Amager Island
• Holmen, considered part of Christianshavn/Amager

Other small unpopulated islands

• Lindholm, Stege Bugt (which has a medical research facility)[5]

See also

• Danish straits
• Faroe Islands
• Greenland
• List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
• Lists of islands

References

External links

• Statistics Denmark Populated islands
• National survey authority^{[permanent dead link]}
• Danish Wikipedia List of inhabited islands

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