Gothland

(goth'land,) an island of the Baltic Sea, belonging to Sweden; N. Lat. 56° 54′ -57° 56', E. Lon. 1819°; area, 1,227 sq. m.; C. Wisby. Pop. 55,000.-A former p., and existing division of Sweden, comprising 12laens, or counties; area, 37,924 sq. m. It occupies the S.peninsula of the kingdom, and is b. S.E. and W.by the Sound, Baltic, and Cattegat, respectively. It was anciently divided into E. and W. Gothland, and a large portion of its surface consists of water areas. Pop. 2,456,430. [s. 416]