a small island in the Baltic Sea, near Copenhagen, from which it is separated by a canal over which there are three bridges. Amak is about six miles long and three broad, and is chiefly peopled by the descendants of a colony from East Friesland, to whom the island was consigned by Christian II. at the request of his wife Elizabeth, sister of Charles V., for the purpose of supplying her with vegetables, cheese, and butter. From the inter-marriages of these colonists with the Danes, the present inhabitants are chiefly descended; but as they wear their own dress, and enjoy peculiar privileges, they appear a distinct race from the natives. The island contains about 6000 inhabitants. It has two churches, in which the ministers preach occasionally in Dutch and Danish. Long. 12° 35'. E. Lat. 55° 30'. N.