Where is Zealand?
Zealand – BRITTANICA Danish Sjælland, largest and most populous island of Denmark, between the Kattegat strait and the Baltic Sea, separated from Sweden by The Sound (Øresund) and from Funen (Fyn) Island by the Great Belt (strait). Zealand – WIKI This article is about the Danish island. For the Dutch province, see Zeeland; for the Pacific island country named after that province, see New Zealand. Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) is the largest island of Denmark. It is separated from Funen by the Great Belt and from Scania in Sweden by the Oresund. Zealand is connected to Funen by the Great Belt Bridge and to Sweden by the Oresund Bridge. The nation of New Zealand gets the spelling of its name from this island. When the Pacific Ocean island was discovered by Groninger explorer Abel Tasman, it was named after the Dutch province of Zeeland. However, the English mistakenly thought it had been named after Zealand, and spelled it “New Zealand”.