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Geography Of GreenlandGreenland 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 lowest point is at sea level, and the highest is Gunnbjrn (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. Area
total: 2,175,600 km
land: 2,175,600 km (341,700 km ice-free, 1,833,900 km ice-covered) (est.) Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm Land use
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 1%
forests and woodland: 0%
other: 99% (1993 est.) Irrigated land NA km Natural hazards Continuous ice-cap covers 84% of the country; the rest is permafrost. Environment - current issues Protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling; note - Greenland participates actively in Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC). Geography - note Sparse population confined to small settlements along coast; world's second largest ice cap. Extreme points This is a list of the extreme points of Greenland, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Greenland (nation) Greenland (island) See also Greenland
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