List of extreme points of Denmark

This is a list of the extreme points of Denmark: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

Latitude and longitude

Jutland Peninsula

This includes only land on the Jutland peninsula – land that is part of mainland Europe:

• North : Skagen, North Jutland County (57°45′9″N 10°37′1″E)^[1]
• South : Padborg, South Jutland County (54°48′N 9°21′E)^[1]
• West : Blåvandshuk, Ribe County (55°33′45″N 8°4′21″E)^[1]
• East : Grenå, Aarhus County (56°26′33″N 10°57′32″E)^[1]

Following a flood in 1825, the northernmost part of Jutland is actually an island.^[2]

Denmark proper

This includes only land in the European Union, also called Denmark proper, excluding Greenland and the Faroe Islands which are considered separate countries:

• North : Skagen, North Jutland County (57°45′9″N 10°37′1″E)^[1]
• South : Gedser, Falster^[1]
• West : Blåvandshuk, Ribe County (55°33′45″N 8°4′21″E)^[1]
• East : Østerskær, Christiansø (55°19′06″N 15°11′50″E)^[1]

• The northernmost town in mainland Denmark is Skagen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagen) It's located on the Skagen Odde peninsula in North Jutland.

• The westernmost town in mainland Denmark is Blåvandshuk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A5vandshuk) located in Ribe County. It sits at the westernmost point of the peninsula of Jutland, on the coast of the North Sea.

• The easternmost town in mainland Denmark is Grenaa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenaa) Located on the Jutlandic peninsula, Grenaa is a seaport and the furthest point east on the mainland.

• The southernmost town in mainland Denmark is a small rural hamlet southeast of Simondys, in South Jutland.

All territories

Danish territory includes the island of Kaffeklubben, the northernmost permanent piece of land on earth.^[3] There are several temporary gravel banks marginally further north, such as Oodaaq, but these are not included here.

• North : Kaffeklubben Island, Greenland (83°39′45″N 30°36′50″W)^[3]
• South : Gedser, Falster^[1]
• West : Cape Alexander, Greenland^[1]
• East : Østerskær, Christiansø (55°19′06″N 15°11′50″E)^[1]

Gedser is also the southernmost point of Scandinavia and the Nordic countries.^[1]

Altitude

• Maximum :
  • Denmark proper : Møllehøj, 170.86 m (560.56 ft)^[1]
• Minimum : Lammefjord, −7 m (−23 ft)^[1]

See also

• Extreme points of Europe
• Extreme points of Earth
• Geography of Denmark
• Extreme points of the Faroe Islands
• Geography of Greenland#Extreme points