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Jutland , also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula , is a peninsula ___MASK58___ ___MASK6___ ___MASK66___ that forms the continental portion ___MASK58___ ___MASK17___ and the northern portion ___MASK58___ Germany . The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri , respectively . Jutland ' s terrain is relatively flat , with open lands , heaths , plains and peat bogs in the west and a more elevated and slightly hilly terrain in the east . Amager ( or , especially among older speakers ) is a Danish island in the Øresund . The Danish capital , ___MASK97___ , is partly situated on Amager , which is connected to the much larger island of Zealand by five bridges . Amager also has a connection across the Øresund to Sweden , the Øresund Bridge . Its western part begins with a tunnel from Amager to another Danish island , Peberholm . ___MASK97___ Airport is located on the island , around from ___MASK97___ city centre . Amager is the largest island in the Øresund , and the only one with a large population . , 192 , 709 people live on the island , including its northern tip , Christianshavn . The northern part is included in the ___MASK97___ municipality . The middle part comprises Tårnby municipality , and Dragør municipality is located on the southeast part of the island . ___MASK54___ of the western part is land that was reclaimed from the sea from the 1930s - 1950s . This enlargement , from the shallow sound towards Zealand , is known as " Kalveboderne ". The enlargement has never been built - up and its soil isn ' t suitable for agricultural use . However the area between Dragør town and the airport is cultivated land of high quality . Amager has in the past been referred to as the " kitchen of ___MASK97___ ". At the border of the enlargement there is an old beech forest , " Kongelunden " ( The ___MASK44___ ' s Grove ). ___MASK66___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK66___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK34___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK9___ and southeast , ___MASK66___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK66___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK66___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . ___MASK97___ (, ); ) is the capital and ___MASK54___ populated city of ___MASK17___ . It has a municipal population of 591 , 481 and a larger urban population of 1 , 280 , 371 . The ___MASK97___ metropolitan area has just over 2 million inhabitants . The city is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand ; another small portion of the city is located on Amager , and is separated from ___MASK25___ , Sweden , by the strait of Øresund . The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road . The ___MASK1___ ( Irish : " Na Scigirí ") are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland , north - ___MASK13___ of mainland Scotland . The area is approximately with a 2016 population of 49 , 188 . The islands are an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark . Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study ___MASK58___ the atmosphere . The study ___MASK58___ meteorology dates back millennia , though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century . The 19th century saw modest progress in the field after weather observation networks were formed across broad regions . Prior attempts at prediction ___MASK58___ weather depended on historical data . It wasn ' t until after the elucidation ___MASK58___ the laws ___MASK58___ physics and , more particularly , the development ___MASK58___ the computer , allowing for the automated solution ___MASK58___ a great many equations that model the weather , in the latter half ___MASK58___ the 20th century that significant breakthroughs in weather forecasting were achieved . A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or ___MASK35___ and related institutional buildings are situated . Usually a college campus includes libraries , lecture halls , residence halls , student centers or dining halls , and park - like settings . ___MASK16___ is a historical and cultural region in ___MASK6___ ___MASK66___ characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . A gene is a locus ( or region ) ___MASK58___ DNA which is made up ___MASK58___ nucleotides and is the molecular unit ___MASK58___ heredity . The transmission ___MASK58___ genes to an organism ' s offspring is the basis ___MASK58___ the inheritance ___MASK58___ phenotypic traits . ___MASK54___ biological traits are under the influence ___MASK58___ polygenes ( many different genes ) as well as gene  environment interactions . Some genetic traits are instantly visible , such as eye colour or number ___MASK58___ limbs , and some are not , such as blood type , risk for specific diseases , or the thousands ___MASK58___ basic biochemical processes that comprise life . A celestial event is an astronomical phenomenon ___MASK58___ interest that involves one or more celestial bodies . Examples ___MASK58___ celestial events include the cyclical phases ___MASK58___ the Moon , solar and lunar eclipses , transits and occultations , planetary oppositions and conjunctions , meteor showers , and comet flybys . Holbæk is a town in ___MASK17___ and the seat of ___MASK7___ with a population of 26 , 961 ( 1 January 2015 ). The city is located in the northeastern part of Region Sjælland , ___MASK17___ . Zealand is the largest ( 7 , 031 km ) and ___MASK54___ populated island in ___MASK17___ with a population of 2 , 267 , 659 ( 39 % of ___MASK17___ ' s total as of January 2016 ). ___MASK11___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK11___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK11___ is the ___MASK54___ populous member state of the ___MASK10___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK54___ popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK11___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . Climatology ( from Greek , " klima ", " place , zone "; and , "- logia ") or climate science is the study ___MASK58___ climate , scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period ___MASK58___ ___MASK71___ . This modern field ___MASK58___ study is regarded as a branch ___MASK58___ the atmospheric sciences and a subfield ___MASK58___ physical geography , which is one ___MASK58___ the Earth sciences . Climatology now includes aspects ___MASK58___ oceanography and biogeochemistry . Basic knowledge ___MASK58___ climate can be used within shorter term weather forecasting using analog techniques such as the El Niño  Southern Oscillation ( ENSO ), the Madden  Julian oscillation ( MJO ), the North Atlantic oscillation ( NAO ), the Northern Annular Mode ( NAM ) which is also known as the Arctic oscillation ( AO ), the Northern Pacific ( NP ) Index , the Pacific decadal oscillation ( PDO ), and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation ( IPO ). Climate models are used for a variety ___MASK58___ purposes from study ___MASK58___ the dynamics ___MASK58___ the weather and climate system to projections ___MASK58___ future climate . Funen , with an area ___MASK58___ , is the third - largest island ___MASK58___ ___MASK17___ , after Zealand and Vendsyssel - Thy . It is the 165th - largest island in the world . It is in the central part ___MASK58___ the country and has a population ___MASK58___ 466 , 284 ( 2013 ). The main city is Odense which is connected to the sea by a seldom - used canal . The city ' s shipyard , Odense Steel Shipyard , has been relocated outside Odense proper . Oceanography ( compound ___MASK58___ the Greek words  meaning " ocean " and  meaning " write "), also known as oceanology , is the study ___MASK58___ the physical and the biological aspects ___MASK58___ the ocean . It is an Earth science covering a wide range ___MASK58___ topics , including ecosystem dynamics ; ocean currents , waves , and geophysical fluid dynamics ; plate tectonics and the geology ___MASK58___ the sea floor ; and fluxes ___MASK58___ various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries . These diverse topics reflect multiple disciplines that oceanographers blend to further knowledge ___MASK58___ the world ocean and understanding ___MASK58___ processes within : astronomy , biology , chemistry , climatology , geography , geology , hydrology , meteorology and physics . Paleoceanography studies the history ___MASK58___ the oceans in the geologic past . Higher education , ___MASK61___ - secondary education , or third level education is an optional final stage ___MASK58___ formal learning that occurs after completion ___MASK58___ secondary education . Often delivered at universities , academies , colleges , seminaries , and institutes ___MASK58___ technology , higher education is also available through certain college - level institutions , including vocational schools , trade schools , and other career colleges that award academic degrees or professional certifications . Tertiary education at non - degree level is sometimes referred to as further education or continuing education as distinct from higher education . ___MASK96___ is an autonomous constituent country within the Danish Realm between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans , ___MASK9___ of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America , ___MASK96___ has been politically and culturally associated with Europe ( specifically Norway and ___MASK17___ , the colonial powers , as well as the nearby island of Iceland ) for more than a millennium . The majority of its residents are Inuit , whose ancestors migrated began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century , gradually settling across the island . Øresund or Öresund is a strait which forms the Danish  Swedish border , separating Sjælland ( ___MASK17___ ) from Skåne ( Sweden ). The strait has a length of and the width varies from to . It is wide at its narrowest point between Helsingør in ___MASK17___ and ___MASK87___ in Sweden . Area is the quantity that expresses the extent ___MASK58___ a two - dimensional figure or shape , or planar lamina , in the plane . Surface area is its analog on the two - dimensional surface ___MASK58___ a three - dimensional object . Area can be understood as the amount ___MASK58___ material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model ___MASK58___ the shape , or the amount ___MASK58___ paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat . It is the two - dimensional analog ___MASK58___ the length ___MASK58___ a curve ( a one - dimensional concept ) or the volume ___MASK58___ a solid ( a three - dimensional concept ). The Nordic countries or Nordics are a geographical and cultural region in ___MASK6___ ___MASK66___ and the North Atlantic , where they are ___MASK54___ commonly known as Norden ( lit ., " The North "). They consist of ___MASK17___ , Finland , Iceland , Norway , and Sweden , including their associated territories ( Greenland , the Faroe Islands , and the Åland Islands ). Arable land ( from Latin " arabilis ", " able to be plowed ") is , according to one definition , land " capable " ___MASK58___ being ploughed and used to grow crops . In Britain , it was traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths which could be used for sheep - rearing but not farmland . Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena . It applies mathematics , physics , and chemistry , in an effort to explain the origin ___MASK58___ those objects and phenomena and their evolution . Objects ___MASK58___ interest include planets , moons , stars , galaxies , and comets ; while the phenomena include supernovae explosions , gamma ray bursts , and cosmic microwave background radiation . More generally , all astronomical phenomena that originate outside Earth ' s atmosphere are within the purview ___MASK58___ astronomy . A related but distinct subject , physical cosmology , is concerned with the study ___MASK58___ the Universe as a whole . ___MASK25___ is the capital and largest city of the Swedish county of Scania . ___MASK25___ is the third largest city in Sweden , after ___MASK22___ and Gothenburg , and the 6th biggest city in the Nordic countries , with a population of above 300 , 000 . The ___MASK25___ Metropolitan Region is home to 700 , 000 people , and the Øresund Region , which includes ___MASK25___ , is home to 3 . 9 million people . Borders are geographic boundaries ___MASK58___ political entities or legal jurisdictions , such as governments , sovereign states , federated states , and other subnational entities . Some borders  such as a state ' s internal administrative border , or inter - state borders within the ___MASK29___ Area  are often open and completely unguarded . Other borders are partially or fully controlled , and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled . Mostly contentious , borders may even foster the setting up ___MASK58___ buffer zones . A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier , the latter denoting a state ___MASK58___ mind rather than state boundaries . ___MASK4___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK58___ ___MASK4___ ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in ___MASK6___ ___MASK66___ . It borders Norway to the ___MASK34___ and Finland to the ___MASK9___ , and is connected to ___MASK17___ in the ___MASK49___ by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , ___MASK4___ is the third - largest country in the ___MASK10___ by area , with a total population ___MASK58___ 10 . 0 million . ___MASK4___ consequently has a low population density ___MASK58___ , with the highest concentration in the southern half ___MASK58___ the country . Approximately 85 % ___MASK58___ the population lives in urban areas . An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection ___MASK58___ islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition ___MASK58___ antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the sea is remarkable for its large number ___MASK58___ islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number ___MASK58___ scattered islands . The ___MASK35___ of Copenhagen ( UCPH ) is the oldest ___MASK35___ and research institution in Denmark . Founded in 1479 as a studium generale , it is the second oldest institution for higher education in Scandinavia after Uppsala ___MASK35___ ( 1477 ). The ___MASK35___ has 23 , 473 undergraduate students , 17 , 398 postgraduate students , 2 , 968 doctoral students and over 9 , 000 employees . The ___MASK35___ has four campuses located in and around Copenhagen , with the headquarters located in central Copenhagen . Most courses are taught in Danish ; however , many courses are also offered in English and a few in German . The ___MASK35___ has several thousands of foreign students , about half of whom come from Nordic countries . A student or pupil is a learner , or someone who attends an educational institution . In Britain those attending ___MASK35___ are termed " students ". In the United States , and more recently also in Britain , the term " student " is applied to both categories . In its widest use , " student " is used for anyone who is learning , including mid - career adults who are taking vocational education or returning to ___MASK35___ . When speaking about learning outside an institution , " student " is also used to refer to someone who is learning a topic or who is " a student of " a certain topic or person . A ___MASK35___ (" a whole ", " a corporation ") is an institution of higher ( or tertiary ) education and research which grants academic degrees in various subjects . Universities typically provide undergraduate education and postgraduate education . The ___MASK97___ metropolitan area ( or Metropolitan ___MASK97___ ) is a large commuter belt ( the area in which it is practical to commute to work ) surrounding ___MASK97___ , the capital of ___MASK17___ . It is known to include ___MASK97___ Municipality , Frederiksberg and surrounding municipalities stretching westward across Zealand . It has densely - populated core surrounded by suburban settlements . A star is a luminous sphere ___MASK58___ plasma held together by its own gravity . The nearest star to Earth is the Sun . Many other stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth during the night , appearing as a multitude ___MASK58___ fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth . Historically , the ___MASK54___ prominent stars were grouped into constellations and asterisms , the brightest ___MASK58___ which gained proper names . Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations . However , ___MASK54___ ___MASK58___ the stars in the Universe , including all stars outside our galaxy , the Milky Way , are invisible to the naked eye from Earth . Indeed , ___MASK54___ are invisible from Earth even through the ___MASK54___ powerful telescopes . ___MASK7___ is a municipality ( Danish , " kommune ") in northeastern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (" Sjælland ") in Denmark . The municipality includes the island of Orø , and covers an area of 583 km² , and has a total population of 69 , 010 ( 2008 ). Its mayor for 2010  2013 is Søren Kjærsgaard , a member of the Liberal Party (" Venstre ") political party . The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Holbæk . On January 1 , 2007 ___MASK7___ was , as the result of " Kommunalreformen " (" The Municipal Reform " of 2007 ), merged with existing Jernløse , Svinninge , Tornved , and Tølløse municipalities to form a new ___MASK7___ . ___MASK23___ ___MASK35___ is a research ___MASK35___ in ___MASK23___ , Sweden , and is the oldest ___MASK35___ in Sweden and all of the Nordic countries , founded in 1477 . It ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings . The ___MASK35___ uses " Gratiae veritas naturae " as its motto and embraces natural sciences . The Øresund / Öresund / Oresund Bridge (, , hybrid name : "") is a combined railway and motorway bridge across the Øresund strait between ___MASK4___ and ___MASK17___ . The bridge runs nearly from the Swedish coast to the artificial island Peberholm in the middle of the strait . The crossing is completed by the Drogden Tunnel from Peberholm to the Danish island of Amager . ___MASK60___ (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom ___MASK58___ ___MASK60___ , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion ___MASK58___ the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island ___MASK69___ and the archipelago ___MASK58___ Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part ___MASK58___ the Kingdom . ___MASK60___ also lays claim to a section ___MASK58___ Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : Jämtland , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . Brorfelde ___MASK36___ ( Brorfelde Observatoriet ) is an astronomical ___MASK36___ ( IAU code 054 ) home to the Brorfelde Schmidt Telescope . It was run as a branch of the Copenhagen University ___MASK36___ until 1996 . It still has telescopes that are used by University of Copenhagen students , but the staff that manned them moved to the Rockefeller Complex in Copenhagen . It is located near Holbæk , Denmark . Geology ( from the Ancient Greek  , " g ", i . e . " ___MASK95___ " and - o , "- logia ", i . e . " study ___MASK58___ , discourse ") is an ___MASK95___ science comprising the study ___MASK58___ solid Earth , the rocks ___MASK58___ which it is composed , and the processes by which they change . Geology can also refer generally to the study ___MASK58___ the solid features ___MASK58___ any terrestrial planet ( such as the geology ___MASK58___ the Moon or Mars ). Studium generale is the old customary name for a Medieval ___MASK35___ . Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in ___MASK73___ , ___MASK84___ , west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury . Stonehenge ' s ring of standing stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in ___MASK84___ , including several hundred burial mounds . An ___MASK36___ is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events . Astronomy , climatology / meteorology , geology , oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed . Historically , observatories were as simple as containing an astronomical sextant ( for measuring the distance between stars ) or Stonehenge ( which has some alignments on astronomical phenomena ). A volcano is a rupture in the crust ___MASK58___ a planetary - mass object , such as Earth , that allows ___MASK19___ lava , volcanic ash , and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface . Volcanology ( also spelled vulcanology ) is the study ___MASK58___ volcanoes , lava , magma , and related geological , geophysical and geochemical phenomena . The term " volcanology " is derived from the Latin word " vulcan ". Vulcan was the ancient Roman god ___MASK58___ fire . ___MASK17___ is a Scandinavian country in Europe . The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries , it is south - west of Sweden and south of Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of ___MASK17___ is the sovereign state that comprises ___MASK17___ proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . ___MASK17___ has a total area of , and a population of 5 . 7 million . The country consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate .