Greenland
Greenland is the world's largest non-continental island, in the Arctic far north-east of North America. For thousands of years this icy landmass has been inhabited by Arctic peoples.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Nuuk
Nuuk, also known by its Danish name of Godthåb, is the capital and administrative centre of Greenland, with a population of around 15,000.Ilulissat
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Ilulissat is the third largest city in Greenland, in the Disko Bay just by the icefjord, from which it got its name.
Northeast Greenland National Park
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Northeast Greenland National Park is in Northern Greenland.
Destinations
Western Greenland
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Western Greenland is a region of Greenland. Home to the capital, Nuuk, this is the part of Greenland that you would probably think of if you've only seen the stereotypical picture.
Southern Greenland
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The Southern coast of Greenland is jokingly nicknamed "Sineriak Bananeqarfik" by the locals.
Northern Greenland
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The Far North of Greenland is sparsely inhabited and exceptionally cold.
Eastern Greenland
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The East Coast of Greenland is not as densely inhabited as the West, and is thus more of an "off the beaten track" destination than the west.
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Greenland
- Type: Country with 57,600 residents
- Description: autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark on several islands including world's largest island by the same name
- Languages: Kalaallisut, Danish and English
- Neighbors: Canada, Iceland, Norway and Nunavut
- Categories: autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, electoral unit, island country, dependent territory and locality
- Location: North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
72° northLongitude of center
-40° or 40° westPopulation
57,600Area
2,166,086 km² (836,330 miles²)Elevation
3,009 metres (9,872 feet)Capital
NuukCurrency
Krone (DKK)Phone code
.glInternet domain
299OpenStreetMap ID
node 424312026OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
3425505Wikidata ID
Q223Greenland Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Grinland
- Afrikaans: Groenland
- Akan: Greenman
- Albanian: Groenlanda
- Albanian: Grënlandë
- Amharic: Greenland
- Amharic: ግሪንላንድ
- Amis: Greenland
- Angika: ग्रीनलैंड
- Arabic: Greenland
- Arabic: جرينلاند
- Arabic: جرينلند
- Arabic: غرينلاند
- Aragonese: Groenlandia
- Aragonese: Gronlandia
- Armenian: Գրենլանդիա
- Arpitan: Grônelanda
- Arpitan: Grônlande
- Assamese: গ্ৰীণলেণ্ড
- Asturian: Groenlandia
- Atayal: Greenland
- Azerbaijani: Qrenlandiya
- Balinese: Nusa Greenland
- Bambara: Gɔrɔhenelandi
- Bashkir: Гренландия (административ берәмек)
- Bashkir: Гренландия
- Basque: Groenlandia
- Bavarian: Grenland
- Bavarian: Grönland
- Belarusian: Грэнландыя
- Belarusian: Грэнляндыя
- Bengali: গ্রিনল্যান্ড
- Bengali: গ্রীনল্যান্ড
- Bishnupriya: গ্রীনল্যান্ড
- Bosnian: Grenland
- Breton: Greunland
- Bulgarian: Гренландия
- Burmese: ဂရင်းလန်ကျွန်း
- Burmese: ဂရင်းလန်း
- Catalan: Grenlàndia
- Catalan: Groenlàndia
- Cebuano: Greenland
- Cebuano: Groenlandiya
- Central Kurdish: گرینلەند
- Chavacano: Groenlandia
- Chechen: Гренланди
- Cherokee: ᎢᏤᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎦᏙᎯ
- Chinese: Gélínglán Dǎo
- Chinese: Kek-lîm-lân
- Chinese: 格林兰
- Chinese: 格陵兰
- Chinese: 格陵兰岛
- Chinese: 格陵蘭
- Chuvash: Гренланди
- Cornish: Greunland
- Croatian: Grenland
- Czech: Grónsko
- Dagbani: Greenland
- Danish: Grønland
- Dhivehi: ގުރީންލޭންޑު
- Dimli (individual language): Gronlanda
- Dutch (Historic): Groen-land
- Dutch (Historic): Groenlandt
- Dutch: GL
- Dutch: GRL
- Dutch: Groen-Landt
- Dutch: Groenland
- Dzongkha: གིརཱིན་ལནཌ྄
- Eastern Mari: Гренландий
- Egyptian Arabic: جرينلاند
- English: Greenlandia
- English: Groenland
- English: Kalaallit Nunaat
- English: gl
- Esperanto: Grenlando
- Esperanto: Gronlando
- Esperanto: gl
- Estonian: Gröönimaa
- Ewe: Grinland nutome
- Extremaduran: Groenlandia
- Extremaduran: Groenlándia
- Faroese: Grønland
- Fiji Hindi: Greenland
- Finnish: Grönlanti
- Finnish: Kalaallit Nunaat
- French: Groenland
- French: Groënland
- Fulah: Gorwendland
- Gagauz: Grenlandiya
- Galician: Groenlandia
- Ganda: Gurenelandi
- Georgian: გრენლანდია
- German: Grönland
- German: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Greenland
- Goan Konkani: Greenland
- Goan Konkani: ग्रीनलँड
- Greek: Γροιλανδία
- Guarani: Gyroẽlándia
- Guarani: Kyoẽlándia
- Gujarati: ગ્રીનલેન્ડ
- Haitian: Grinlann
- Haitian: Groenlann
- Hakka Chinese: Greenland
- Hausa: Greenland
- Hausa: Grinlan
- Hebrew: גרינלנד
- Hebrew: גרנלנד
- Hindi: ग्रीनलैंड
- Hindi: ग्रीनलैण्ड
- Hungarian: Grönland
- Icelandic: Grænland
- Ido: Grenlando
- Igbo: Greenland
- Iloko: Greenland
- Inari Sami: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Inari Sami: Ruánááeennâm
- Indonesian: Greenland
- Indonesian: Tanah Hijau
- Interlingua: Groenlandia
- Interlingue: Grenland
- Inuktitut: ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ
- Inupiaq: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Irish: An Ghraonlainn
- Irish: an Ghraonlainn
- Italian: Groenlandia
- Japanese: グリーンランド
- Javanese: Greenland
- Javanese: Grunlan
- Kabiyè: Krowelandɩ
- Kabyle: Grinland
- Kadazan Dusun: Greenland
- Kalaallisut: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Kalmyk: Гринлэндин Арл
- Kannada: ಗ್ರೀನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್
- Kannada: ಗ್ರೀನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್
- Kashmiri: گریٖنلینڑ
- Kashubian: Grenlandzkô
- Kazakh: Гренландия
- Khmer: ក្រូអិនឡង់
- Khmer: ហ្គ្រោអង់ឡង់
- Kikuyu: Grinlandi
- Kinyarwanda: Goronulande
- Kirghiz: Гренландия
- Komi: Гренландия
- Korean: 그린란드
- Korean: 그린랜드
- Kurdish: Grînlenda
- Ladin: Groenlandia
- Ladino: Groenlandia
- Lao: Greenland
- Lao: gl
- Lao: ກຣີນແລນ
- Lao: ໂກຣແອນລັງ
- Latin: Groenlandia
- Latvian: Grenlande
- Ligurian: Gròenlandia
- Limburgan: Greunland
- Lingala: Gowelande
- Lingala: Groenlandi
- Lingua Franca Nova: Calalitnunat
- Lingua Franca Nova: Gronland
- Literary Chinese: 格陵蘭
- Lithuanian: Grenlandija
- Livvi: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Low German: Greunlaand
- Low German: Gruinlaand
- Low German: Gruunlaand
- Low German: Gröönland
- Lower Sorbian: Grönlandska
- Luba-Katanga: Ngowelande
- Luxembourgish: Grönland
- Macedonian: Гренланд
- Maithili: ग्रीनल्याण्ड
- Malagasy: Groenland
- Malagasy: Groenlanda
- Malay: Greenland
- Malayalam: ഗ്രീൻലാൻഡ്
- Malayalam: ഗ്രീൻലാൻറ്
- Maltese: Greenland
- Maltese: Groenlandja
- Manipuri: ꯒ꯭ꯔꯤꯟꯂꯦꯟ
- Manx: Greenlynn
- Maori: Greenland
- Marathi: ग्रीनलँड
- Marathi: ग्रीनलंड
- Mazanderani: گرینلند
- Min Dong Chinese: Greenland
- Min Nan Chinese: Greenland
- Mingrelian: გრენლანდია
- Moksha: Грэнландия
- Mon: ဂရိန်လာန်
- Mongolian: Гренланд
- Mongolian: ဂရိန်လာန်
- Mongolian: ꯒ꯭ꯔꯤꯟꯂꯦꯟ
- Navajo: Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah
- Nepali: ग्रिनल्याण्ड
- Nepali: ग्रिनल्यान्ड
- Newari: ग्रिनल्यान्ड
- North Ndebele: Greenland
- Northern Frisian: Greenlun
- Northern Sami: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Northern Sami: Ruonáeana
- Norwegian: Grønland
- Norwegian Bokmål: Grønland
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Grønland
- Novial: Verdi-lande
- Occitan (post 1500): Groenlàndia
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Grēneland
- Oriya: ଗ୍ରୀନଲାଣ୍ଡ
- Oriya: ଗ୍ରୀନଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ
- Oromo: Griinlaandi
- Ossetian: Гренланди
- Panjabi: ਗਰੀਨਲੈਂਡ
- Panjabi: ਗ੍ਰੀਨਲੈਂਡ
- Papiamento: Groenlandia
- Persian: گروئنلند
- Persian: گرینلاند
- Persian: گرینلند
- Picard: Groenland
- Piemontese: Groenlandia
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: GL
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Griinland
- Polish: Grenlandia
- Polish: Grønland
- Polish: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Portuguese: Groelândia
- Portuguese: Groenlândia
- Portuguese: Gronelândia
- Portuguese: Grønland
- Portuguese: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Portuguese: gl
- Pushto: ګرينلينډ
- Pushto: ګرينلېنډ
- Pushto: ګرینلینډ
- Quechua: Groenlandia
- Quechua: Kalalit Nunat
- Quechua: Kalallitsuyu
- Romanian: Groenlanda
- Romansh: Grönlanda
- Rundi: Gurunilandi
- Russian: Гренландия
- Rusyn: Ґронсько
- Rusyn: Ґроньско
- Sakizaya: Greenland
- Samogitian: Grenlandėjė
- Sango: Gorolânde
- Santali: ᱜᱨᱤᱱᱞᱮᱱᱰ
- Sardinian: Groenlàndia
- Saterfriesisch: Gräinlound
- Scots: Greenland
- Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghraonlainn
- Scottish Gaelic: A’ Ghraonlann
- Serbian: Гренланд
- Serbo-Croatian: Grenland
- Shan: ၵရိၼ်းလႅၼ်း
- Shona: Greenland
- Sicilian: Groenlandia
- Sicilian: Groenlannia
- Silesian: Grynlandyjŏ
- Sindhi: گرين لينڊ
- Sinhala: ග්රීන්ලන්තය
- Skolt Sami: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Skolt Sami: Ruânnjânnam
- Slovak: Grónsko
- Slovenian: Grenlandija
- Somali: Greenland
- Somali: Griinland
- South Azerbaijani: قرینلند
- South Azerbaijani: قیرینلند
- Spanish: Groenlandia
- Spanish: gl
- Sundanese: Lemah Héjo
- Swahili: Greenland
- Swedish: Grönland
- Swedish: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Swiss German: Grönland
- Tagalog: Groenlandiya
- Tagalog: Lupanlunti
- Tajik: Гренланд
- Tajik: Гренландия
- Tamil: கிரீன்லாந்து
- Tamil: கிறீன்லாந்து
- Taroko: Greenland
- Tatar: Гренландия
- Telugu: గ్రీన్లాండ్
- Telugu: గ్రీన్ల్యాండ్
- Thai: กรีนแลนด์
- Tibetan: གེ་རེན་ལ
- Tigrinya: ግሪንላንድ
- Tok Pisin: Greenland
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kulinilani
- Tosk Albanian: Grönland
- Turkish: Grönland
- Turkmen: Grenlandiýa
- Udmurt: Гренландия
- Uighur: گرېنلاندىيە
- Uighur: گىرېنلاندىيە
- Ukrainian: Гренландія
- Ukrainian: Ґренландія
- Upper Sorbian: Grönlandska
- Upper Sorbian: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Upper Sorbian: Zelenska
- Urdu: گرین لینڈ
- Uzbek: Grenlandiya
- Venetian: Groenlàndia
- Veps: Grenland
- Vietnamese: Greenland
- Vlaams: Groenland
- Volapük: Gröneän
- Võro: Kalaallit Nunaat
- Waray (Philippines): Greenland
- Welsh: Yr Ynys Las
- Western Frisian: Grienlân
- Western Panjabi: گرین لینڈ
- Western Panjabi: گرینلینڈ
- Wolof: Girinlànd
- Wolof: Groenlaand
- Wu Chinese: 格陵兰
- Xhosa: Grinlend
- Yakut: Гренландия
- Yiddish: גרינלאַנד
- Yiddish: גרינלאנד
- Yoruba: Gerelandi
- Yoruba: Grínlándì
- Yue Chinese: 格陵兰
- Yue Chinese: 格陵蘭
- Zeeuws: Hroenland
- Zulu: i-Greenland
- Greunlond
- Groentlālpan
- Kalaałłit Nunaat
- Kirīnirangi
- ma Kalalinuna
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Greenland. Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0.