Mols Peninsula
Mols is a small Danish gathering of hilly peninsulas in the southern part of the larger peninsula of Djursland on the east coast of Jutland. The largest peninsulas of Mols comprise Skødshoved to the west, and Helgenæs to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: region in Denmark
- Also known as: “Mols”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Agri Bavnehøj and Poskær Stenhus.
Agri Bavnehøj
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Villy Fink Isaksen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agri Bavnehøj is a Danish hill and vista point with a bronze age burial mound, located 137 meters above sea level. It is close to the village of Agri, in Mols Bjerge National Park on the southern part of the Djursland peninsula, 40 kilometres northeast of Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus.
Poskær Stenhus
Photo: Old Dane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poskær Stenhus is the largest round barrow in Denmark, dating back to 3.300 B.C. It is located by the village Knebel on the hilly southern part of the peninsula Djursland, at the entrance to the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Sweden in northern Europe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agri and Fuglsø.
Fuglsø
Hamlet
Fuglsø is a minor town in Denmark placed in the national park of Mols Bjerge. It is mostly visited as a summer house place by people from Germany, Norway and Denmark. The municipality of Fuglsø is Syddjurs Municipality and it lies in the Central Denmark Region… Fuglsø is situated 2½ km south of Mols Peninsula.
Knebel
Village
Photo: Villy Fink Isaksen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knebel is a village in Syddjurs Municipality, Denmark. Poskær Stenhus, the largest round barrow in Denmark, is located 1 km east of the village. Knebel is situated 3 km west of Mols Peninsula.
Mols Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: Syddjurs Municipality, Central Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Mols Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մոլս”
- Bulgarian: “Молс”
- Cebuano: “Mols”
- Danish: “Molbo”
- Danish: “Mols”
- Dutch: “Mols”
- German: “Mols”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mols”
- Norwegian: “Mols”
- Russian: “Молс”
- Swedish: “Mols”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Toggerbo and Bogens.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mols Bjerge and Trehøje.
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