an island of Denmark, in the province of Jutland, the largest of those in the Lymford, being 24 miles long by 11 broad, and 283 feet above the sea in the centre; area 120 square miles. It is for the most part fertile, except in some sandy and rocky parts where the ground is covered with heath, and in some marshy places. There are, however, very few trees. The capital is Nyköbing, with about 1000 inhabitants, and the population of the island is 13,500.