The area consists of reclaimed sea bed, with a number of former islets making up small isolated hills; it was dammed and drained during the 1940s to serve as an artillery training range. After active military use ended in 1983, some of the area has been used for transportation infrastructure (motorway and railway in connection with the Øresund bridge), a landfill on the strip between the motorway and the ocean dyke, a golf course and the southern end of the Ørestad urban development.
The reclaimed coastal land includes several former small islands that form isolated hills; it was flooded and drained in the 1940s for artillery training. After military use ended in 1983, some areas have been used for transportation infrastructure (motorway and railway connected with the Øresund bridge), a landfill between the motorway and ocean dike, a golf course, and the southern part of the Ørestad urban development.