. The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 4); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . ttegat (partly also in thelatter)—Zealand (Sjalland), Falster, Moen, Laaland,Fiinen (Fyan), /Ero, Samso, Anholt, Laeso—togetherwith u, few smaller isles (Amager, Saltholm, Seiero,etc) and Bornholm, which lies far towards the east inthe Baltic, To this must be added the group of theFaroe Islands (q. v.), situated in the Atlantic Ocean,180 miles north-west of the Shetland Islands and 410miles west from Bergen, and finally Iceland (q. v.),whose
. The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 4); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . ttegat (partly also in thelatter)—Zealand (Sjalland), Falster, Moen, Laaland,Fiinen (Fyan), /Ero, Samso, Anholt, Laeso—togetherwith u, few smaller isles (Amager, Saltholm, Seiero,etc) and Bornholm, which lies far towards the east inthe Baltic, To this must be added the group of theFaroe Islands (q. v.), situated in the Atlantic Ocean,180 miles north-west of the Shetland Islands and 410miles west from Bergen, and finally Iceland (q. v.),whose northern coast is washed by the Arctic Ocean,and which, though very extensive (40,000 squaremiles), is but thinly inhabited (80,000 soids). Ice-land is very loosely connected with Denmark, is inde-pendent in its laws and government, and since 1874has its own constitution. Other Danish possessionsare Greenland (q v.), which in size is almost a conti-nent, but is very sparsely settled (only 12,000 souls),and the three islands in the West Indies, St. Croix, , and St. Thomas, with a total area of 120 square-miles and a population of 30, DENMARK 723 DENMARK The physical character of Denmark, which geologi-cally is a continuation of the plain of Central Europe,shows only moderate contrasts. The Baltic Islands,surrounded by arms of the sea that are nowheredeeper than 200 feet and contain little salt, are partlymonotonous flats, partly rolling ground. Only a fewpoints, as Gyldenloeveshcei on Zealand, Aborrebjerg onM6en and FrtBbjerg on Funen, rise to a height of 400feet and more. Similar conditions prevail in high plateau that crosses it in a northerly direc-tion slopes abruptly down towards the east. Here areelevations of 486 to 573 feet (Himmelsbjerg, EjersBavnehoej), lines of low, wooded hills, deep-cut val-leys, fertile fields and meadows, bubbling rivulets, andbeautiful lakes. On the other hand the dune-boundwest coast of Jutland from Blaavandshuk to Sk
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