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 the lighthouses of Fyn and neighboring islands, including Ærø and Langeland. Fyn (called Funen in English and German) is roughly elliptical in shape, measuring about 100 km (60 mi) northwest to southeast and 80 km (50 mi) southwest to northeast. It is separated from Jylland on the west by the narrow strait of the Lille Bælt (Little Belt) and from Sjælland (Zealand) on the east by the wider strait of the Store Bælt (Great Belt). The E-20 expressway crosses the island from west to east, crossing the Lille Bælt by the New Little Belt Bridge and the Store Bælt by the Great Belt Fixed Link, completed in 1998. The island has a population of about 450,000. Denmark is divided into five regions (regioner); Fyn and Langeland are governed along with southern Jylland in the South Denmark (Syddanmark) region. The regions are subdivided into municipalities (kommuner). Additional lighthouses of the South Denmark region are described on the West Coast and Southeast Jylland pages. The Danish word for a lighthouse is fyr. 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, bælt ("belt") is a strait, 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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![]() Helnæs Light, Lindehoved, August 2018 photo copyright Heather Craven; used by permission |
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![]() Sisserodde Forfyr, Bjerne, August 2018 photo copyright Ian Yarde; used by permission |
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Adjoining pages: East: Sjælland | West: Southeast Jylland
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Posted February 1, 2007. Checked and revised April 11, 2024. Lighthouses: 43, lightships: 1. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.