a large peninsula, which makes the principal part of the kingdom of Denmark. It is bounded on the south-east by the duchy of Holstein, and is surrounded on the other sides by the German ocean and the Baltic sea. It is about 180 miles in length from north to south, and 70 in breadth from east to west. Its extent is about 9200 square miles, and its population 440,000. The air is very cold but wholesome; and the soil is fertile in corn and pastures. This was anciently called the Cimbrian Chersonesus, and is supposed to be the country from whence the Saxons came into England. It is divided into two parts, called North and South Jutland; the latter is the duchy of Sleswick, and lies between North Jutland and the duchy of Holstein; and the duke of that name is in possession of part of it, whose capital town is Gottorp; for which reason the sovereign is called the duke of Holstein Gottorp.