Lands of Denmark assembly in Roskilde. "Jutland", "The Islands" and "Bornholm" remains an informal subdivision still used, notably in meteorology and public statistics. Bornholm is the only part to represent Scania after the rest of the region was lost to Sweden in 1658. (Bornholm was also lost in 1658, but was recovered two years later.) In recent decades, the less specific division between "Eastern" and "Western" Denmark has also become common, for example when describing logistic, economic and political patterns. Funen may be attributed to both the eastern and western part of the country, the border line being either the Great Belt or
Hen and Chicken Islands name suggests, there are copper deposits on the island, but attempts at mining them in 1849 and 1898 proved unprofitable. Hen and Chicken Islands The Hen and Chicken Islands (usually known collectively as the "Hen and Chickens") lie to the east of the North Auckland Peninsula off the coast of northern New Zealand. They lie east of Bream Head and south-east of Whangarei. These islands were named by Captain James Cook, who first sighted them on 25 November 1769. It has been suggested that the name was inspired by an old name for the star cluster usually known as the