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DENMARK, the most southerly and smallest of Scandinavia, is a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe. It comprises most of the Jutland or Jylland Peninsula, which protrudes northwards from the North German Plain, and more than 500 islands, 100 of which are inhabited. The main islands, sandwiched between the east coast of Jutland and the southwest of Sweden, are Fyn, Langeland, Olland, Falster, Mon, and Sjaelland. Bornholm, which lies about 128-kilometers or 80 miles east of Sjaelland off the southeastern tip of Sweden, also belongs to Denmark. The Faeroe (Foroyar) Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and Greenland off the coast of Canada are self-governing, dependent territories of Denmark. The North Sea lies to the west of the Jutland Peninsula. The North Sea arm between northwest Jutland and Norway is called the Skagerrak, while that between northeast Jutland and Sweden is named the Kattegat. The Baltic Sea lies to the east of the Danish islands, and the southernmost portion of the Jutland Peninsula is within Germany.