List of lakes in Denmark

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This is a list of the lakes in Denmark :

The 15 largest lakes in Denmark by area

rank lake Location Geographical / Region: Municipality (s) Area (km²) Remarks
1. Arresø Sjælland / Region Hovedstaden : Hillerød Kommune , Gribskov Kommune , Halsnæs Kommune . 39.7 Freshwater lake, which 4000 years ago was transformed from the Ford of the Kattegat to an inland lake due to land uplift
2. Esromsee Sjælland / Region Hovedstaden : Hillerød Kommune , Fredensborg Kommune 17.4 Denmark's most water-rich lake
3. Mossø Jutland / Region Midtjylland : Skanderborg Municipality & Horsens Municipality 16.5 there is another Mossø in the Nordjylland region, formerly Rebild municipality
4th Stadil Fjord Jutland / Region Midtjylland : Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality 16.2 now: freshwater lake, historic: was the Ringkøbing Fjord with the North Sea connected
5. Saltbæk Vig Sjælland / Region Sjælland : Kalundborg Municipality 15.9 A brackish lake that was separated from the Kattegat by 3 dams . The attempt to dry the area failed.
6th Tissø Sjælland / Region Sjælland : Kalundborg Municipality 12.5 A dead lake
7th Furesø Sjælland / Region Hovedstaden / Furesø Kommune , Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune , Rudersdal Kommune 9.4 Denmark's deepest lake with 37.7 m
8th. Skanderborg sø Jutland / Region Midtjylland : Skanderborg Municipality 8.5 A dead lake
9. Søndersø Lolland / Region Sjælland : Lolland Municipality , Guldborgsund Municipality 8.0
10. Tystrup Sø Sjælland / Region Sjælland  : Næstved Kommune , Sorø Kommune 6.7
11. Tømmerby Fjord Vendsyssel-Thy , Jutland 5.7 A brackish lake , created by a failed drainage project in the 1870s
12. Julsø East Jutland 5.6
13. Ulvedybet North Jutland 5.5
14th Tange Sø Midtjylland region 5.4 Denmark's largest reservoir
15th Lund fjord North Jutland 5.1

Alphabetical directory of Danish lakes

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Web links

Commons : Lakes in Denmark  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Danmarks Statistics: Statistisk Årbog 2014 , p. 446, Table 403: Danmarks 15 største søer. PDF .
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