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Greenland Native name: Grønland Kalaallit Nunaat Outline map of Greenland with ice sheet depths. (Much of the area in green has permanent snow cover, but less than 10m (33ft) thick.) Geography Location Between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean Coordinates Area 2,166,086 km 2 (836,330 sq mi) Area rank 1st Coastline 44,087 km (27394.4 mi) Highest elevation 3,694 m (12119 ft) Highest ...
Greenland is the world's largest island and an autonomous Danish dependent territory with self-government and its own parliament. Though a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has ...
In Greenland, two kinds of settled areas are distinguished: illoqarfik (Greenlandic for 'town'; by in Danish) and nunaqarfik (Greenlandic for 'settlement'; bygd in Danish). The difference between the two decreased since the new administrative units were introduced in 2009, with the influence of previous municipality centers decreasing.
Greenland [e] is an autonomous territory [13] of the Kingdom of Denmark. [14] It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both territories are full citizens of Denmark.
Godthåb Gulf (Danish: Godthåb Golf, spelled Godthaab pre-1948), also known as Clavering Fjord, Clavering Sound and Inner Bay, is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greenland: Greenland – autonomous Nordic nation that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. [1] Greenland comprises the Island of Greenland and adjacent islands located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Jøkel Bay (Danish: Jøkelbugten) is a large bay in North Eastern Greenland. [1] The area of the bay is uninhabited. Administratively Jøkel Bay and its surroundings belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park. The bay was named after an old Norse word for glacier —Icelandic: Jökull— by the ill-fated Denmark expedition. [2]
Map of Northeastern Greenland, showing Scoresby Land at bottom. Map of Greenland Sea, showing Scoresby Land at top left. Scoresby Land (Greenlandic: Scoresby Nuna) is an area of Eastern Greenland, which lies partly in Sermersooq and partly in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.