Bornholm

Bornholm, an island in the Baltic Sea, belonging to Denmark, about 90 miles E. of Zealand, to the SE. of the Swedish coast. Area, 226 sq. m. It is rocky, and traversed from north to south by a high mountain-ridge (511 feet), the slope of which is in great part a waste heath, but elsewhere it is not unfertile, and agriculture and cattle husbandry are successfully prosecuted. High cliffs, sand-banks, and breakers make the coast dangerous. The most notable product of the island is porcelain-clay, with freestone, limestone, blue marble, and coal. The capital of the island is Rønne or Rottum, on the western coast, a place of 7000 inhabitants. Pop. (1890) 38,765.