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Jutland is known by several different names, depending on the language and era, including German: Jütland [ˈjyːtlant] ⓘ; Old English: Ēota land [ˈeːotɑˌlɑnd], known anciently as the Cimbric Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula (Latin: Cimbricus Chersonesus; Danish: den Cimbriske Halvø or den Jyske Halvø; German: Kimbrische Halbinsel or Jütische Halbinsel).
Aerial view of Skagen Odde. Skagen Odde, also Skagens Odde, sometimes known in English as the Scaw Spit or The Skaw, [1] is a sandy peninsula which stretches some 30 km (19 mi) northeast and comprises the northernmost area of Vendsyssel in Jutland, Denmark.
The Jutland Peninsula is a peninsula in Northern Europe with modern-day Schleswig-Holstein at its base. Schleswig is also called Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland). The old Scandinavian sagas, perhaps dating back to the times of the Angles and Jutes give the impression that Jutland has been divided into a northern and a southern part with the border running along the Kongeå River.
Aarhus County or Århus County (Danish: Århus Amt) is a former county of Denmark (Danish: amt) on the Jutland peninsula. It was created in 1970 by a merger of three counties: Århus, Randers and Skanderborg. The county was abolished effective 1 January 2007, when almost all of it merged into Region Midtjylland (i.e. Region Central Jutland).
Sometimes this means that an island becomes a cape or headland, or a peninsula as is the case of the former island of Reersø. Denmark's second largest island, the North Jutlandic Island, was not always an island. A storm on 3 February 1825 penetrated the narrow land mass, Agger Tange, and thus separated Northern Jutland from the rest of ...
Southern Jutland (Danish: Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called Nørrejylland , 'Northern Jutland'.
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 / 57.75250°N 10.61694°E / 57.75250; 10.61694 ( Skagen (North
Triangle Region (Trekantområdet) in Denmark. Triangle Region Denmark (Danish: Trekantområdet [ˈtʁeːkand ˌɔmʁoðəd]) is a cooperation consisting of seven Danish municipalities on the Danish peninsula of Jutland and the island of Funen: Billund, Fredericia, Haderslev, Kolding, Middelfart, Vejen and Vejle.