Greenland: Geography#
| Location | Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 72 00 N, 40 00 W 72.0,-40.0 |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 44,087 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,700 m |
| Highest Mountains | |
| Terrain | flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast |
| Natural Hazards | continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island |
| Natural Resource | 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% (2011) |
| Climate | arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |
| Irrigated Land | NA |
| Renewable Water Resources | NA |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting |
| Environment - international agreements | NA |
| Large Cities | |
| Geography-note | dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast; close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap |