Area comparison map:

slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts; about two-thirds the size of West Virginia

Land boundaries:
total: 140 km
[see also: Land boundaries - total country ranks ]
border countries (1): Germany 140 km

Coastline:
7,314 km
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Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
[see also: Maritime claims - territorial sea country ranks ]
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
[see also: Maritime claims - exclusive economic zone country ranks ]
contiguous zone: 24 nm
[see also: Maritime claims - contiguous zone country ranks ]
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
[see also: Maritime claims - continental shelf country ranks ]

Climate:
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
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Terrain:
low and flat to gently rolling plains

Elevation:
mean elevation: 34 m
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lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m
highest point: Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m

Natural resources:
petroleum, natural gas, fish, arable land, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand

Land use:
agricultural land: 63.4% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - agricultural land country ranks ]
arable land: 58.9% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - arable land country ranks ]
permanent crops: 0.1% (2011 est.)
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permanent pasture: 4.4% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - permanent pasture country ranks ]
forest: 12.9% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - forest country ranks ]
other: 23.7% (2011 est.)
note: highest percentage of arable land for any country in the world
[see also: Land use country ranks ]

Irrigated land:
4,350 sq km (2012)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]

Population distribution:
with excellent access to the North Sea, Skagerrak, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea, population centers tend to be along coastal areas, particularly in Copenhagen and the eastern side of the country's mainland

Natural hazards:
flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes

Environment - current issues:
air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides; much of country's household and industrial waste is recycled

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:
composed of the Jutland Peninsula and a group of more than 400 islands (Danish Archipelago); controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen