| Geography | 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 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) |
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 Fjeld 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 |
Total renewable water resources:
 | void |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
 | void |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
 | void |
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:
 | void |
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 |
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