Danish South Seas
The Danish South Sea (Danish seaman's language : dansk Sydhav "Danish South Sea") is a German name for the Danish part of the Baltic Sea (mostly: the sailing area ) south of the Great and Little Belts (each in the narrower sense, i.e. without Alsenbelt and Langelandsbelt ) around the small and large Danish islands located there .
In the Danish South Seas, in addition to the large island of Funen, there are the islands of Als , Langeland , Ærø , Lolland , Falster , Møn and many other small islands.
In Danish , the term Sydfynske Øhav (German: Südfünish Archipelago ) is much better known as a description of the archipelago south of the island of Funen , but with more than 55 islands, small islands and holms, it is not congruent with the German term Danish South Sea .
Concept history
The term Danish South Seas is mostly used only for the water areas. The land mass of this region, however, is more likely to be referred to as the Danish island world . The name is probably meant purely geographically. The term may also have a metaphorical origin and comes from the idea of some sailors that sailing in this region is comparable to the “exotic” waters of the South Pacific . Another possibility of the origin is seen in the fact that the early Danish seafarers compared the navigationally difficult area with its numerous shallows and islands with the dangerous area of the South Seas. In any case, dansk Sydhav is now a well-established term and is also used normally among German sailors.
Sydfynske Øhav
The area known as Sydfynske Øhav in Danish has the Helnæs peninsula in the west via the Sydfynske Alper ( German South Funen Alps ) near Corinth and Kirkeby to Lundeborg in the east and east to Langeland. The archipelago, geologically described as a flooded moraine landscape , has an area of about 480 km². The islands Lolland, Falster and Møn listed under the term Danish South Seas are not included.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Card of the South Funen Archipelago. detsydfynskeoehav.dk, archived from the original on August 29, 2016 ; accessed on August 29, 2016 .