Denmark is located in northern Europe and consists of the Jutland peninsula, which extends northward from continental western Europe, and an archipelago of more than 400 islands to the peninsula’s east. Jutland makes up over two-thirds of Denmark’s total land area.
Denmark shares a 42-mile (68-km) border with Germany. The United Kingdom lies to the west across the North Sea, and Norway and Sweden are to the north, separated by sea lanes that link the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. These passages are the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, and The Sound. The Danish island of Bornholm lies eastward in the Baltic Sea. Along with Norway and Sweden, Denmark constitutes Scandinavia.