Förden and East Jutland Fjorde in the context of "Flensburg Fjord"

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⭐ Core Definition: Förden and East Jutland Fjorde

The eastern coast of the Jutland Peninsula, consisting of Danish Jutland and German Schleswig-Holstein features a type of narrow bay called Förde (plural: Förden) in German and fjord (plural fjorde) in Danish. These bays are of glacial origin, but the glacial mechanics were different from those of Norwegian Fjords and also from those of Swedish and Finnish Fjards. Inlets more similar to these are also found on the peninsulas of the Green bay and Georgian bay, and on Manitoulin island, and eastern Long island.

The words Förde, fjord and fjard are of the same origin as the English word firth, but today there are differences in the meaning between firth (Förde) and fjord in general.

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Förden and East Jutland Fjorde in the context of Flensburg Firth

Flensburg Firth or Flensborg Fjord (German: Flensburger Förde; Danish: Flensborg Fjord) is the westernmost inlet of the Baltic Sea. It forms part of the border between Germany to the south and Denmark to the north, on the eastern side of Schleswig Holstein and Jutland, respectively. Its length is between 40 and 50 kilometres (25 and 31 mi), depending on where it is considered to begin. It has the largest area of all the fjords of East Jutland, which are a special type of inlet, different from geological fjords.

Two peninsulas, Broager on the northern side and Holnis on the southern side, divide the inlet into an outer and an inner part. West of them, near the Danish coast, there are two small islands called Okseøerne (meaning Ox Isles).

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← Flensburg Firth ← Flensburg Fjord
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Jutland Peninsula → Denmark → Jutland → Germany → Schleswig-Holstein → German language → Danish language → Norwegian Fjords → Sweden → Finland → Fjard → Green Bay (Lake Michigan) → Georgian Bay → Manitoulin Island → Long Island → Firth → Fjord →