Kalø Vig (English: ''Kalø Cove'') is a cove in the north end of the

Bay of Aarhus The Bay of Aarhus, or Aarhus Bay, is a Danish waterway by Aarhus in eastern Jutland. The Bay of Aarhus is bounded by Kalø Vig in the north, Sletterhage and Helgenæs in the east, Samsø and Tunø to the south and the east Jutland coast to the ...

, Denmark. It stretches in a semicircle from

Skæring Skæring is a suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. It is situated some 10 km. north-east of Aarhus C and is one of the wealthier suburbs. Skæring Parish had a population of 4977 as of (2006) of which 4.402 were members of the Church of Denmark. Skæring ...

in the North West to

Kalø Castle Kalø Castle () is a ruined castle located in eastern Jutland, in Denmark, 20 km from the city of Aarhus within Mols Bjerge National Park. History The castle was constructed in 1313 by the Danish king Eric VI of Denmark, Erik Menved (Erik ...

below

Rønde Rønde (or Roende) is a town on the southern part of the peninsula, Djursland in Denmark, Northern Europe, 23 kilometers north-east of the north end of Denmark's second largest city, Aarhus. It is in part a commuter town to Aarhus, with a motorw ...

in the North to the

peninsula A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Etymology The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...

Skødshoved in the East. The area around Kalø Castle became a

nature preserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geolog ...

in 1939 and is now a part of

Mols Bjerge National Park Mols Bjerge National Park or Nationalpark Mols Bjerge is a Danish national park in the area known as ''Mols Bjerge'' (Mols Hills, lit.: Mols Mountains) in Syddjurs Municipality, Central Jutland, inaugurated on 29 August 2009. The protected area, m ...

. Sight lines over the cove from Hjelmager south of

Løgten Løgten is a town in Aarhus Municipality, Central Denmark Region in Denmark. Løgten is close to the motorway ''Djurslandsmotorvejen'' between Skødstrup and Lisbjerg, the railway between Aarhus and Randers and is a station on the light rail sy ...

are subject to conservation and preservation rules. Kalø Vig is characterized by the contrast between the modern Studstrupværket on the West side of the cove and the ruined

medieval castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This i ...

Kalø Slot at the bottom of the cove. File:KaloeVig fra MolsBjerge.jpg, Kalø Vig seen from Mols Bjerge; In the baggrunden Studstrupværket. File:Kaloe daemning.jpg,

and the 500 m. cobbled dam to the island.

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Syddjurs Municipality Aarhus Municipality {{CentralDK-stub