JIIVLAND (Dan. Jylland). A peninsula of Europe, having the North Sea on the west, the Skagerrak on the north, and the Cattegat and Baltic Sea on the east. It begins at the River Eider, and terminates in the narrow, sandy point called Skagen or the Skaw (Map: Denmark, C 2). It is divided into South Jutland or Schleswig. now a part of Prussia, and North Jut land, to which the name of Jutland is particu larly applied, and which forms the continental portion of Denmark. North Jutland has a maxi mum extension from north to south of ISO miles, and from east to west of 105 miles. With the ad jacent small islands it has an area of 9746 square miles. and had in 1901 a population of 1,061,904. The surface is generally low, the highest point, which is also the highest in Denmark, being 564 feet above sea-level. It is part of a ridge of hills running along the centre of the peninsula from south to north. The western coast is a, continuous sandy beach, behind which are a few low lagoons, and outside of which are dangerous bars. The landscape among these
dunes and heaths is dreary and monotonous, and the temperament of the people is dull and mel ancholic. During the last few decades, however, forests have been planted east of the dunes, and the heath-lands are thus slowly being re claimed for agriculture. There are many bays and fiords on the eastern coast, and the peninsula is traversed by numerous streams. Cattle-rais ing and dairying are the chief occupations of the people, and oats, barley, and rye are raised in considerable quantities. There is a railway line running through the whole length of the penin sula, with a number of east and west branches. It is connected with the Schleswig railway sys tem. Jutland is said to have been inhabited in the earliest times by the Cimbri (q.v.), and was known to the ancients as the Cimbric Peninsula or Chersonesus. See JuTEs.