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| Introduction - Greenland: |  | Location - Greenland: |  Location | Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada |   |  Geographic coordinates | 72 00 N, 40 00 W |   |  Map references | Arctic Region |   |  Area | total: 2,166,086 sq km  
			land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (2000 est.) |   |  Area comparative | slightly more than three times the size of Texas |   |  Land boundaries | 0 km |   |  Coastline | 44,087 km |   |  Maritime claims | territorial sea: 3 nm  
			exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line  
			continental shelf: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line |   |  Climate | arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |   |  Terrain | flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast |   |  Elevation extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m  
			highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m |   |  Natural resources | coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas |   |  Land use | arable land: 0%  
			permanent crops: 0%  
			other: 100% (2005) |   |  Irrigated land | NA |   |  Natural hazards | continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island |   |  Environment current issues | protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting |   |  Geography note | dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast, but close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; worlds second largest ice cap |   |  
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 This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |