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___MASK78___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK88___ ___MASK78___ ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in ___MASK59___ ___MASK18___ . It borders Norway to the ___MASK47___ and Finland to the ___MASK56___ , and is connected to ___MASK69___ in the ___MASK43___ by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , ___MASK78___ is the third - largest country in the ___MASK28___ by area , with a total population ___MASK88___ 10 . 0 million . ___MASK78___ consequently has a low population density ___MASK88___ , with the highest concentration in the southern half ___MASK88___ the country . Approximately 85 % ___MASK88___ the population lives in urban areas . ___MASK85___ , officially the Republic ___MASK88___ ___MASK85___ , is a sovereign state in ___MASK59___ ___MASK18___ . A peninsula with the Gulf ___MASK88___ ___MASK85___ to the south and the Gulf ___MASK88___ Bothnia to the ___MASK47___ , the country has land borders with Sweden to the ___MASK52___ , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south ___MASK88___ the country across the Gulf ___MASK88___ ___MASK85___ . ___MASK85___ is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region ___MASK88___ Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . ___MASK85___ ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority ___MASK88___ the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms ___MASK88___ area , it is the eighth largest country in ___MASK18___ and the most sparsely populated country in the ___MASK28___ . A sea is a large body ___MASK88___ salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land . More broadly , " the sea " is the interconnected system ___MASK88___ Earth ' s salty , oceanic waters  considered as one global ocean or as several principal oceanic divisions . The sea moderates Earth ' s climate and has important roles in the water cycle , carbon cycle , and nitrogen cycle . Although the sea has been traveled and explored since prehistory , the modern scientific study ___MASK88___ the sea  oceanography  dates broadly to the British " Challenger " expedition ___MASK88___ the 1870s . The sea is conventionally divided into up to five large oceanic sections  including the International Hydrographic Organization ' s four named oceans ( the Atlantic , Pacific , ___MASK15___ , and Arctic ) and the Southern Ocean ; smaller , second - order sections , such as the Mediterranean , are known as " seas ". ___MASK38___ is an autonomous constituent country within the Danish Realm between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans , ___MASK56___ of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America , ___MASK38___ has been politically and culturally associated with Europe ( specifically Norway and ___MASK69___ , 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 . Præstø is a town with a population ___MASK88___ 3 , 821 ( 1 January 2015 ) and a former municipality ( Danish , " kommune ") in ___MASK19___ in Region Sjælland on the east coast ___MASK88___ the island ___MASK88___ Zealand (" Sjælland ") near its southwestern tip in south Denmark . The former Præstø municipality included the islands ___MASK88___ " Maderne ", " Storeholm ", and " Lilleholm " which lie in Præstø Fjord . The former municipality covered an area ___MASK88___ 107 km² , and had a total population ___MASK88___ 7 , 608 ( 2005 ). Its last mayor was Ole Møller Madsen , a member ___MASK88___ the Venstre ( Liberal Party ) political party . Jutland , also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula , is a peninsula ___MASK88___ ___MASK59___ ___MASK18___ that forms the continental portion ___MASK88___ ___MASK69___ and the northern portion ___MASK88___ 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 . Øresund or Öresund is a strait which forms the Danish  Swedish border , separating Sjælland ( ___MASK69___ ) 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 ___MASK69___ and ___MASK13___ in Sweden . The ___MASK84___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". ___MASK69___ 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 ___MASK69___ is the sovereign state that comprises ___MASK69___ proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . ___MASK69___ 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 . The Kattegat or Kattegatt is a sea area bounded by the Jutlandic peninsula in the ___MASK47___ , the Danish straits islands of ___MASK69___ to the south and the provinces of Västergötland , ___MASK23___ , Halland and Bohuslän in Sweden in the east . The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Danish Straits . The sea area is a continuation of the Skagerrak and may be seen as a bay of the Baltic Sea or the North Sea or , as in traditional Scandinavian usage , neither of these . The Little Belt is a strait between the island ___MASK88___ Funen and the Jutland Peninsula in ___MASK69___ . It is one ___MASK88___ the three Danish Straits that drain and connect the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat strait , which drains west to the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean . ___MASK18___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK18___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK47___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK56___ and southeast , ___MASK18___ 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 ___MASK18___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK18___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Funen , with an area ___MASK88___ , is the third - largest island ___MASK88___ ___MASK69___ , after Zealand and Vendsyssel - Thy . It is the 165th - largest island in the world . It is in the central part ___MASK88___ the country and has a population ___MASK88___ 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 . Chalk is a soft , white , porous , sedimentary carbonate ___MASK16___ , a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite . Calcite is an ionic salt called calcium carbonate or CaCO . It forms under reasonably deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite shells ( coccoliths ) shed from micro - organisms called coccolithophores . Flint ( a type of chert unique to chalk ) is very common as bands parallel to the bedding or as nodules embedded in chalk . It is probably derived from sponge spicules or other siliceous organisms as water is expelled upwards during compaction . Flint is often deposited around larger fossils such as Echinoidea which may be silicified ( i . e . replaced molecule by molecule by flint ). The Nordic countries or Nordics are a geographical and cultural region in ___MASK59___ ___MASK18___ and the North Atlantic , where they are ___MASK90___ commonly known as Norden ( lit ., " The North "). They consist of ___MASK69___ , Finland , Iceland , Norway , and Sweden , including their associated territories ( Greenland , the Faroe Islands , and the Åland Islands ). The ___MASK37___ European ___MASK66___ ( or ), or Middle European ___MASK66___ is a geomorphological region in ___MASK18___ , mostly in Poland , ___MASK69___ , Germany , Belgium , the Netherlands ( Low Countries ), and a small part of northern France . ___MASK21___ (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom ___MASK88___ ___MASK21___ , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion ___MASK88___ the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island ___MASK75___ and the archipelago ___MASK88___ Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part ___MASK88___ the Kingdom . ___MASK21___ also lays claim to a section ___MASK88___ 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 . In geography , latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the ___MASK37___  south position ___MASK88___ a point on the Earth ' s surface . Latitude is an angle ( defined below ) which ranges from 0 ° at the Equator to 90 ° ( North or South ) at the poles . Lines ___MASK88___ constant latitude , or parallels , run ___MASK56___  west as circles parallel to the equator . Latitude is used together with longitude to specify the precise location ___MASK88___ features on the surface ___MASK88___ the Earth . Approximations employed . Two levels ___MASK88___ abstraction are employed in the definition ___MASK88___ these coordinates . In the first step the physical surface is modelled by the geoid , a surface which approximates the mean sea level over the oceans and its continuation under the land masses . The second step is to approximate the geoid by a mathematically simpler reference surface . The simplest choice for the reference surface is a sphere , but the geoid is more accurately modelled by an ellipsoid . The definitions ___MASK88___ latitude and longitude on such reference surfaces are detailed in the following sections . Lines ___MASK88___ constant latitude and longitude together constitute a graticule on the reference surface . The latitude ___MASK88___ a point on the " actual " surface is that ___MASK88___ the corresponding point on the reference surface , the correspondence being along the normal to the reference surface which passes through the point on the physical surface . Latitude and longitude together with some specification ___MASK88___ height constitute a geographic coordinate system as defined in the specification ___MASK88___ the ISO 19111 standard . The ___MASK31___ ( Irish : " Na Scigirí ") are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland , north - ___MASK52___ 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 . Longitude ( or , Australian and British also ), is a geographic coordinate that specifies the ___MASK56___ - west position of a point on the Earth ' s surface . It is an angular measurement , usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek letter lambda (  ). Meridians ( lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole ) connect points with the same longitude . By convention , one of these , the Prime ___MASK87___ , which passes through the Royal ___MASK97___ , Greenwich , England , was allocated the position of zero degrees longitude . The longitude of other places is measured as the angle ___MASK56___ or west from the Prime ___MASK87___ , ranging from 0 ° at the Prime ___MASK87___ to + 180 ° eastward and  180 ° westward . Specifically , it is the angle between a plane containing the Prime ___MASK87___ and a plane containing the North Pole , South Pole and the location in question . ( This forms a right - handed coordinate system with the axis ( right hand thumb ) pointing from the Earth ' s center toward the North Pole and the axis ( right hand index finger ) extending from Earth ' s center through the equator at the Prime ___MASK87___ .) Elmelunde Church , famous for its frescos , is located in the village ___MASK88___ Elmelunde , Møn , in southeastern ___MASK69___ . It stands high above the surroundings just south ___MASK88___ the main road from Stege to the white cliffs ___MASK88___ Møn . The impressive whitewashed building can be seen from miles around and has been used as a landmark by sailors in the Baltic Sea . Møn is an island in ___MASK39___ - eastern ___MASK69___ . Until 1 January 2007 , it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg , after merging with the former municipalities of Langebæk , Præstø , and Vordingborg . This has created a municipality with an area of and a total population of 46 , 307 ( 2005 ). It belongs to the Region Sjælland (" Zealand Region "). Møn is one of ___MASK69___ ' s most popular destinations for tourists with its white chalk cliffs , countryside , sandy beaches and the market town of Stege . ___MASK58___ is a historical and cultural region in ___MASK59___ ___MASK18___ characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . ___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 ___MASK90___ populous member state of the ___MASK28___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK90___ 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 . Langebæk is a town with a population ___MASK88___ 242 ( 1 January 2015 ) and a former municipality ( Danish , " kommune ") in Region Sjælland on the southeastern tip ___MASK88___ the island ___MASK88___ Zealand (" Sjælland ") in south ___MASK69___ . The municipality included the islands ___MASK88___ Langø , Tærø and Lilleø , and it covered an area ___MASK88___ 101 km² . It had a total population ___MASK88___ 6 , 332 ( 2005 ). Its last mayor was Henrik Holmer , a member ___MASK88___ the Social Democrats (" Socialdemokraterne ") political party . The ___MASK100___ ___MASK88___ Bothnia is the northernmost arm ___MASK88___ the Baltic Sea . It is situated between Finland ' s ___MASK47___ coast and Sweden ' s ___MASK56___ coast . In the south ___MASK88___ the gulf lie the ___MASK49___ , between the Sea ___MASK88___ Åland and the Archipelago Sea . The Baltic Sea ( ; ) is a sea ___MASK88___ the ___MASK84___ , enclosed by Scandinavia , Finland , the Baltic countries , and the North European Plain . It includes the Gulf ___MASK88___ Bothnia , the Bay ___MASK88___ Bothnia , the Gulf ___MASK88___ Finland , the Gulf ___MASK88___ ___MASK8___ , and the Bay ___MASK88___ Gdask . The sea stretches from 53 ° N to 66 ° N latitude and from 10 ° E to 30 ° E longitude . A mediterranean sea ___MASK88___ the Atlantic , with limited water exchange between the two bodies , the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish islands into the Kattegat by way ___MASK88___ the straits ___MASK88___ Øresund , the Great Belt , and the Little Belt . Borders are geographic boundaries ___MASK88___ 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 ___MASK54___ 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 ___MASK88___ buffer zones . A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier , the latter denoting a state ___MASK88___ mind rather than state boundaries . The ___MASK100___ ___MASK88___ Finland is the easternmost arm ___MASK88___ the Baltic Sea . It extends between Finland ( to the north ) and ___MASK46___ ( to the south ) all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia , where the river Neva drains into it . Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn . The eastern parts ___MASK88___ the ___MASK100___ ___MASK88___ Finland belong to Russia , and some ___MASK88___ Russia ' s most important oil harbours are located farthest in , near Saint Petersburg ( including Primorsk ). As the seaway to Saint Petersburg , the ___MASK100___ ___MASK88___ Finland has been and continues to be ___MASK88___ considerable strategic importance to Russia . Some ___MASK88___ the environmental problems affecting the Baltic Sea are at their most pronounced in the shallow gulf . The Great Belt ,, is a strait between the major islands ___MASK88___ Zealand (" Sjælland ") and Funen (" Fyn ") in ___MASK69___ . It is one ___MASK88___ the three Danish Straits . ___MASK22___ ( German : ) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast . It is the capital of the ___MASK41___ , Poland ' s principal seaport and is also the centre of the country ' s fourth - largest metropolitan area . The ___MASK100___ ___MASK88___ ___MASK8___ , Bay ___MASK88___ ___MASK8___ , or ___MASK100___ ___MASK88___ Livonia is a bay ___MASK88___ the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia . Zealand is the largest ( 7 , 031 km ) and ___MASK90___ populated island in ___MASK69___ with a population of 2 , 267 , 659 ( 39 % of ___MASK69___ ' s total as of January 2016 ). An archipelago , sometimes called an island group or island chain , is a chain , cluster or collection ___MASK88___ islands . The word " archipelago " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" sea ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition ___MASK88___ 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 ___MASK88___ islands ). It is now used to refer to any island group or , sometimes , to a sea containing a small number ___MASK88___ scattered islands . ___MASK8___ is the capital and the largest city of Latvia . With 696 , 593 inhabitants ( 2015 ), ___MASK8___ is the largest city of the Baltic states and home to one third of Latvia ' s population . The city lies on the Gulf of ___MASK8___ , at the mouth of the Daugava . ___MASK8___ ' s territory covers and lies between above sea level , on a flat and sandy plain . Area is the quantity that expresses the extent ___MASK88___ a two - dimensional figure or shape , or planar lamina , in the plane . Surface area is its analog on the two - dimensional surface ___MASK88___ a three - dimensional object . Area can be understood as the amount ___MASK88___ material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model ___MASK88___ the shape , or the amount ___MASK88___ paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat . It is the two - dimensional analog ___MASK88___ the length ___MASK88___ a curve ( a one - dimensional concept ) or the volume ___MASK88___ a solid ( a three - dimensional concept ). Arable land ( from Latin " arabilis ", " able to be plowed ") is , according to one definition , land " capable " ___MASK88___ 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 . Water is a transparent and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent ___MASK88___ Earth ' s streams , ___MASK89___ , and oceans , and the fluids ___MASK88___ most living organisms . Its chemical formula is HO , meaning that its molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms , that are connected by covalent bonds . Water strictly refers to the liquid state ___MASK88___ that substance , that prevails at standard ambient temperature and pressure ; but it often refers also to its solid state ( ice ) or its gaseous state ( steam or water vapor ). It also occurs in nature as snow , glaciers , ice packs and icebergs , clouds , fog , dew , aquifers , and atmospheric humidity .