Saltholm

Saltholm is a Danish island inside the Oresund, the strait that separates Denmark and Sweden. It is located to the east of the Danish island of Amager in Tarnby municipality and lies simply to the west of the ocean border between Denmark and Sweden. It is 7 km lengthy and three km wide, covering a place of sixteen km2, making it Denmark's twenty first largest island. Saltholm could be very flat; its maximum factor stands most effective 2 m above sea stage, rendering it at risk of flooding if persistent east winds purpose a tidal surge in the Baltic Sea.

It is a particularly new landmass in geological terms, having risen from the ocean about 4,000 years ago because of put up-glacial rebound, and is surrounded with the aid of a big vicinity of shallow water that covers a place of 28 km2. A series of islets, inlets and rock deposits from the ultimate ice age appear at the south end of the island. Its neighboring island to the south is the artificial island Peberholm, which is a part of the Oresund Bridge and was named to complement Saltholm.