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Geography Of Greenland
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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 
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
continental shelf: 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line
exclusive fishing zone: 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, gold, platinum, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
Land use arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (2001)
Irrigated land NA sq km
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
Environment - international agreements  
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; world's second largest ice cap

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