For the village in Drenthe, Netherlands, see Anholt (Drenthe)

Anholt port

Anholt desert

Anholt is a Danish island in the Kattegat. The island covers an area of 21,75 km² and has 160 permanent inhabitants. The island can be reached by ferry from Grenå. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 802 KB) Summary Port of Anholt. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 802 KB) Summary Port of Anholt. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 860 KB) Summary Desert on Anholt. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 860 KB) Summary Desert on Anholt. ... The Baltic Sea The Kattegat, or Kattegatt, is a bay of the North Sea and a continuation of the Skagerrak, bounded by Denmark and Sweden. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Statue of Søren Kanne (1801-1860) in Grenaa, Denmark. ...

Historically, the island was part of the parish of Morup in the province of Halland and consequently a part of the eastern Danish Scanian lands. When the Treaty of Roskilde finally ceded the Scania lands to Sweden in 1658, the island was however forgot in the peace settlement, and remains a part of Denmark. The only other part of the Scanian lands that remains Danish is the island of Bornholm, which was formerly a part of the province of Scania. Halland is the name of a geographical region in Sweden which can refer to: Hallandia, or Halland - a historical Province of Sweden Halland County, or Hallands län - a current County of Sweden This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... SkÃ¥neland is a denomination for the area once making up the eastern part of Denmark, which was permanently ceded to Sweden under the Treaty of Roskilde (1658). ... The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city Roskilde, whereby the king of Denmark-Norway sacrificed nearly half his territory to save the rest. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. ...   SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ...

The island is known as the largest desert in Northern Europe, a result of excessive logging during attempts to build a new Danish navy, since the Royal Danish Navy had been surrendered to the United Kingdom following the Danish defeat in the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. Now, great efforts have been taken to preserve the unique scenery and prevent the devastational effects of erosion. Strictly looking, the "desert" is not a real desert but a lichen heath. Flag of the Royal Danish Navy Ships of the Royal Danish Navy carry the prefix KMD (Kongelige Danske Marine). ... The second Battle of Copenhagen, which lasted from 16 August to 5 September 1807, was, like the First Battle of Copenhagen, an attack by the British on the Danish capital of Copenhagen. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. Erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock, and so forth) by the agents of wind, water, ice, movement in response to gravity, or living organisms (in the case of bioerosion). ...

On the Eastern part of the island, there is one of the biggest Danish collonies of seals. This part of the island is protected from the visitors. Look up seal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

• Anholt.dk (English Version)