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The total area of Greenland is 2,166,086 km 2 (836,330 sq mi) ... global warming has reduced the size of glaciers throughout the Arctic and earlier this year, ...
The Greenland ice sheet is 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) thick and broad enough to blanket an area the size of Mexico. The ice is so massive that its weight presses the bedrock of Greenland below sea level and is so all-concealing that not until recently did scientists discover Greenland's Grand Canyon or the possibility that Greenland might actually ...
List of islands by area. Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.
3,542 km 2 (1,368 sq mi) Northeast Greenland National Park. 5. Ymer Island. Ymer Ø. 2,437 km 2 (941 sq mi) Northeast Greenland National Park. 6. Geographical Society Island.
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
List of African countries by area. Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [ 1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa overall, with The Gambia being the smallest country on continental Africa. [ 2]
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.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area. The entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories.