The Kingdom of Denmark (Danmark in Danish), located at the mouth of the Baltic Sea, includes the north-pointing peninsula of Jylland (Jutland) in the west and a large number of islands to the east. The capital, Copenhagen, is on the island of Sjælland. Other major Danish islands include Fyn (between Sjælland and Jylland), Lolland and Falster (south of Sjælland) and Bornholm (farther east in the Baltic). The Skaggerak is a sound separating Jylland from Norway to the northwest, while the Kattegat separates Jylland from Sweden to the northeast. This page covers lighthouses of the northeastern coast of Jylland in the Nordjylland (North Jutland) Region. This coast faces the broad waters of the Kattegat sound. Nordjylland has additional lighthouses on the North Sea coast described on the Denmark West Coast page. The Danish word for a lighthouse is fyr or fyrtårn. The front light of a range is the forfyr and the rear light is the bagfyr. Næs is a cape, odde a narrow promontory or isthmus, ø is an island, bugt is a bay, rev is a reef, fjord is an inlet, and havn is a harbor. Danish aids to navigation are maintained by the Danish Maritime Authority (Søfartsstyrelsen). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. DFL numbers are from the Dansk Fyrliste. Admiralty numbers are from volume C of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 116.
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Nordmole Light, Frederikshaven, August 2018 photo copyright Heather Craven; used by permission |
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Information available on lost lighthouses
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: South: East Central Jylland | West: Jylland West Coast
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Posted December 16, 2006. Checked and revised March 23, 2024. Lighthouses: 22, lightships: 1. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.