Geography of 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; world's second largest ice cap |