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Greenland ( Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬːit nʉnaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is a North American island autonomous territory [ 14] of the Kingdom of Denmark. [ 15] It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the Kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both ...
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.
Greenland is the largest island on Earth. Only one-fifth of its surface area is exposed bedrock, the rest being covered by ice. The exposed surface is approximately 410,000 km 2 . The geology of Greenland is dominated by crystalline rocks of the Precambrian Shield. [ 1] The crystalline rocks of the Nuuk/Qeqertarsuatsiaat area comprise some of ...
Köppen–Geiger climate classification map at 1-km resolution for Greenland 1991–2020 Retreat of the Helheim Glacier, Greenland Map of Greenland's rate of change in ice sheet height Map of Greenland bedrock. Greenland's climate is a tundra climate (Köppen ET) on and near the coasts and an ice cap climate (Köppen EF) in inland areas. It ...
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.
Politics of Greenland. Greenland is divided into five municipalities – Avannaata, Kujalleq, Qeqertalik, Qeqqata, and Sermersooq [ 1][ 2] – as well as the large Northeast Greenland National Park which is unincorporated. The Pituffik Space Base is administered by the United States Space Force and operates as an unincorporated enclave ...