Greenland
is an island located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of
Canada and northwest of Iceland. Greenland has no land boundaries and 44,087 km of
coastline.
| The climate is arctic to subarctic with
cool summers and cold winters. The terrain is mostly a flat but gradually sloping icecap
that covers all land except for a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast. The highest
point is Gunnbjørn (3,700 m). The northernmost point of Greenland proper is Cape Morris
Jesup, discovered by Admiral Robert Peary in 1909. Natural resources include zinc, lead,
iron ore, coal, molybdenum, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, and whales. |
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Land area: 2,175,600 km² (341,700 km² ice-free,
1,833,900 km² ice-covered)
Population: 56,309 (July 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Greenlander 87% (Inuit and Greenland-born
Europeans), Danish and others 13%.
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran.
Languages: Greenlandic (East Inuit language), Danish,
English.
- Hotels in Greenland
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