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Map of Greenland Greenland is the world's largest non-continental island [ 85 ] and the third largest area in North America after Canada and the United States. [ 86 ] It is between latitudes 59° and 83°N , and longitudes 11° and 74°W .
56,732 (February 8, 2020) Pop. density. 0.028/km 2 (0.073/sq mi) Ethnic groups. 88% Inuit (Inuit- Danish and Inuit- European mixed); 12% Europeans, mostly Danish. Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. The territory comprises the island of Greenland—the largest ...
This is a list of cities and towns in Greenland as of 2021. The term 'city' is used loosely for any populated area in Greenland, given that the most populated place is Nuuk, the capital, with 19,900 inhabitants. [ 1] In Greenland, two kinds of settled areas are distinguished: illoqarfik (Greenlandic for 'town'; by in Danish) and nunaqarfik ...
Geography of Greenland. Greenland is: an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Location: Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere. North America (though not on the mainland) Between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. Time zones : Danmarkshavn and Ittoqqortoormiit – UTC+00. Pituffik – UTC-03.
The Greenland ice sheet is an ice sheet which forms the second largest body of ice in the world. It is an average of 1.67 km (1.0 mi) thick, and over 3 km (1.9 mi) thick at its maximum. [ 2] It is almost 2,900 kilometres (1,800 mi) long in a north–south direction, with a maximum width of 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) at a latitude of 77°N, near ...
Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its present size in 1988. It protects 972,000 km 2 (375,000 sq mi) [ 2] of the interior and northeastern coast of Greenland and is larger than the area of Tanzania, but smaller than that of Egypt. This means that the national park is bigger than 166 of the world's 195 countries.
The population of Greenland consists of Greenlandic Inuit (including mixed-race persons), Danish Greenlanders and other Europeans and North Americans. The Inuit population makes up approximately 85–90% of the total (2009 est.). 6,792 people from Denmark live in Greenland, which is 12% of its total population.
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in North America by area. [ 1] The region includes Canada, the Caribbean, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Central America, Greenland, Mexico, and the United States. Canada is the largest country in North America and the Western Hemisphere. Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest country in North America ...