Jutland
North Sea peninsula
Jutland is the peninsula forming the continental portion of Denmark, extending northward from Germany between the North Sea and the Baltic.
The name also refers to the largest naval battle of World War I, fought in 1916 between British and German fleets off the peninsula's coast: The Battle of Jutland resulted in heavy losses on both sides.
Land almost encircled by water
- heathlandOpen shrubby wilderness
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- boglandWet peaty terrain
coastline · North Sea · marshland · arable · pastureland · glacial · flatland · sandbank
First global military conflict
- dreadnoughtsAll-big-gun warships
- battlecruisersFast, thinly armored warships
- battleshipsHeavily armed naval vessels
- destroyersFast armed naval vessels
Beatty · torpedoes · naval engagement · North Sea · blockade · gunfire · armada · cruisers
Toy brick theme park
- DanishOf Denmark
- DanesCitizens of Copenhagen's country
- hyggeDanish concept of snugness
- smørrebrødDanish open sandwich
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- longshipsMedieval Norse sailing vessels
- runesOld Germanic script
- sagasExtended heroic narratives
- burial moundsEarthen heaps over graves
raiding · seafaring · Norse · chieftains · settlements · pagan · Odin · Thor
peninsula
Land almost encircled by water
bogland · coastline · North Sea · marshland · arable · pastureland · glacial · flatland · sandbank · inlet
World War I
First global military conflict
- dreadnoughtsAll-big-gun warships
- battlecruisersFast, thinly armored warships
- battleshipsHeavily armed naval vessels
Beatty · destroyers · torpedoes · naval engagement · North Sea · blockade · gunfire · armada · cruisers · minefields
Legoland
Toy brick theme park
Vikings
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
burial mounds · raiding · seafaring · Norse · chieftains · settlements · pagan · Odin · Thor · mead halls