Endelave is a
Danish
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island in the
Kattegat
The Kattegat (; sv, Kattegatt ) is a sea area bounded by the Jutlandic peninsula in the west, the Danish Straits islands of Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the south and the provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötland, Halland and Skåne in Sweden ...
, north of
Odense
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, off the coast of
Funen
Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...
, and west of
Samsø
Samsø (Anglicized: "Samso" or "Samsoe") is a Danish island in the Kattegat off the Jutland Peninsula. Samsø is located in Samsø municipality. The community has 3,724 inhabitants (2017) (January 2010:4,010) called ''Samsings'' and is 114&n ...
. The island covers an area of and has 185 inhabitants.
Nature and Protected areas
Endelave and its surrounding seaside is important for many birds, both on domestic and international levels and it is therefore a
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area. The Ramsar protection is part of the Ramsar protection in
Horsens Fjord
Horsens Fjord is an East Jutland-type fjord in the east coast of the Danish peninsula of Jutland which stretches from the islands of Alrø and Hjarnø in the east to the town of Horsens on the mainland. It is some long. The navigational channe ...
and has number 152. The total area of the entire protection encompass 42,737 ha. The reef 'Møllegrunden' Northwest of the island is an important resting and breeding site for many
seal
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s in the
Kattegat
The Kattegat (; sv, Kattegatt ) is a sea area bounded by the Jutlandic peninsula in the west, the Danish Straits islands of Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the south and the provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötland, Halland and Skåne in Sweden ...
sea. The bay of Endelave is comprised by a large
intertidal zone similar to the
wadden sea area. About ⅓ of the island itself is protected under the
Natura 2000 plan, housing vulnerable and outstanding nature-types such as a heather
moorland thicket, a beach-
meadow
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and
oak
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forests for example.
Endelave is home to a population of
wild rabbit
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s of variable size. It is a locally distributed animal in Denmark, but where it is found the population is usually large. The rabbits on Endelave are hunted when in season and in the last few years, more than half of the total rabbit
bag in Denmark (a stable level of 5000 animal pro anno), was from Endelave.
Stock of Game and Hunting-seasons in Denmark: The Biological Foundation for the Hunting-season-revision 2010
DMU (2009), p.77-78
Gallery
File:"Vadehavet" ved Endelave.jpg, The extensive intertidal zone in the bay during ebb.
File:Kaninhuller på Endelave.jpg, Rabbithole complex
File:Lyngkrattet på Øvre.jpg, Heather moorland thicket
File:Får og lam på Øvre.jpg, Beach meadow
See also
* Nearby islands: Hjarnø
Hjarnø is a small Denmark, Danish island at the mouth of Horsens Fjord on the east coast of Jutland in Hedensted Municipality.
Geography
The island is about long with an area of , and a population of 104 (as of 10 July 2013). Its coastline exten ...
, Tunø
Tunø is a Danish island in the Kattegat, approximately 4 km west of the neighbouring island of Samsø. The island covers an area of , has a circumference of and has total of 66 inhabitants as of November 2022. It comes under the administrat ...
, Samsø
Samsø (Anglicized: "Samso" or "Samsoe") is a Danish island in the Kattegat off the Jutland Peninsula. Samsø is located in Samsø municipality. The community has 3,724 inhabitants (2017) (January 2010:4,010) called ''Samsings'' and is 114&n ...
, Æbelø
Æbelø (English: ''apple-island'') is a Danish island in the Kattegat, off Funen's north coast. The island covers an area of 2.09 km2. In between the island and Funen, there are 4 smaller islands. Æbelø has 2 inhabitants in the summer, in ...
, Alrø
Alrø is a small Danish island in Horsens Fjord on the east coast of Jutland within Odder Municipality.The island is 7.52 km long with a coastline of 14 km, and stretches a little over 5 km wide from east to west. With a population ...
.
* Nearby cities: Horsens
Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...
, Aarhus.
References
Sources
Endelave
Danish Ministry of the Environment
* Tageo.com, "VESTSJAELLAND DENMARK Geography Population" (coordinates), 2007, webpage
* Denmark Postal codes, webpage
Postnumre-DK
* Tele.dk Denmark detailed road map, webpage
Tele-DK-Danmark
Geography of Horsens Municipality
Islands of Denmark
Protected areas of Denmark
Ramsar sites in Denmark
Marine reserves
Natura 2000 in Denmark
Danish islands in Kattegat
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