Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

is an autonomous Nordic nation

Nordic countries

The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...

 that is a constituent country

Constituent country

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 of the Kingdom of Denmark

Kingdom of Denmark

The Kingdom of Denmark or the Danish Realm , is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting of Denmark proper in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. Denmark is the hegemonial part, where the...

. Greenland comprises the Island of Greenland and adjacent islands located between the Arctic

Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...

 and Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

s, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Canadian Arctic Archipelago

The Canadian Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Arctic Archipelago, is a Canadian archipelago north of the Canadian mainland in the Arctic...

. Though physiographically

Physical geography

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 and ethnically an Arctic

Arctic

The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...

 island nation

Island nation

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 associated with the continent

Continent

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 of North America

North America

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, politically and historically Greenland is associated with Europe

Europe

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, specifically Iceland

Iceland

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, Norway

Norway

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, and Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. In 1978, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 granted home rule

Home rule

Home rule is the power of a constituent part of a state to exercise such of the state's powers of governance within its own administrative area that have been devolved to it by the central government....

 to Greenland, making it an equal member of the Rigsfællesskab

Rigsfællesskabet

Rigsfællesskabet is a semi-official Danish term for the relations between continental Denmark and its two self-governing insular regions, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which collectively make up the Kingdom of Denmark.-Legal status:Both the Faroe Islands and Greenland enjoy far-reaching home...

. Greenland is, by area, the world's largest island which is not a continent in its own right.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greenland:

General reference

• Pronunciation: ˈɡriːnlənd
• Common English country name : Greenland
  Greenland
  Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
  
  
• Official English country name: Kalaallit Nunaat
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Greenlandic
  Greenlandic
  Greenlandic may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Greenland, the self-governing Danish province located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
  
  
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology
  Etymology
  Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
  
  : Name of Greenland
• ISO country codes: GL, GRL, 304
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GL
  ISO 3166-2:GL
  ISO 3166-2:GL is the entry for Greenland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Greenland, ISO 3166-2 codes are...
  
  
• Internet
  Internet
  The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
  
   country code top-level domain
  Country code top-level domain
  A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
  
  : .gl
  .gl
  .gl is the country code top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet for Greenland. The domain is available for Internet services world-wide and registrations are handled by ICANN accredited domain name registrars....
  
  

Geography of Greenland

• Greenland is: a territory of Denmark
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
    The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
    
     and Western Hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere
    The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
    
    
    • North America
      North America
      North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
      
       (though not on the mainland
      Mainland
      Mainland is a name given to a large landmass in a region , or to the largest of a group of islands in an archipelago. Sometimes its residents are called "Mainlanders"...
      
      )
  • Between the Arctic Ocean
    Arctic Ocean
    The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...
    
     and Atlantic Ocean
    Atlantic Ocean
    The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
    
    
  • Time zone
    Time zone
    A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
    
    s:
    • Danmarkshavn
      Danmarkshavn
      Danmarkshavn is a small weather station located in the Northeast Greenland National Park, in Greenland. The permanent population of the base is 8. Danmarkshavn is also known as the northernmost location on the coast of Greenland Sea that non-icebreaking vessels can pass through...
      
       and Ittoqqortoormiit
      Ittoqqortoormiit
      Ittoqqortoormiit is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. Its population is 469 as of 2010.The Danish name Scoresbysund derives from the name of the Arctic explorer and whaler William Scoresby, who was the first to map the area in 1822. The Greenlandic name...
      
       – UTC+00
    • Pituffik
      Pituffik
      Pituffik is a former settlement in northern Greenland, located at the current site of the American Thule Air Base. The former inhabitants were relocated to the present-day town of Qaanaaq...
      
       – UTC-03
    • Rest of Greenland – UTC-02
  • Extreme points of Greenland
    • High: Gunnbjørn Fjeld 3700 m (12,139 ft) – highest point in the Arctic
      Arctic
      The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
      
      
    • Low: Arctic Ocean
      Arctic Ocean
      The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...
      
       and North Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: 44,087 km
• Population of Greenland: 56,344
• Area of Greenland: 2,166,086 km²
• Atlas of Greenland

Environment of Greenland

• Climate of Greenland
• Environmental issues in Greenland
• Ecoregions in Greenland
• Renewable energy in Greenland
• Geology of Greenland
  Geology of Greenland
  Greenland is the largest island on Earth. Only one-fifth of its surface area is exposed bedrock, the rest being covered by ice. The exposed surface is approximately 410,000 km2.Its geology is dominated by crystalline rocks of the Precambrian Shield....
  
  
• Protected areas of Greenland
  • Biosphere reserves in Greenland
  • National parks of Greenland
• Wildlife of Greenland
  • Flora of Greenland
    • Flora and fauna of Greenland
      Flora and fauna of Greenland
      Flora and fauna of Greenland is a series of image galleries with links to information related to the flora and fauna of Greenland. Latin taxonomy, Danish translations, and links to articles in the Danish Wikipedia are provided, as they can be helpful when searching for more information.-See...
      
      
  • Fauna of Greenland
    • Birds of Greenland
    • Mammals of Greenland
    • Flora and fauna of Greenland
      Flora and fauna of Greenland
      Flora and fauna of Greenland is a series of image galleries with links to information related to the flora and fauna of Greenland. Latin taxonomy, Danish translations, and links to articles in the Danish Wikipedia are provided, as they can be helpful when searching for more information.-See...
      
      

Natural geographic features of Greenland

• Fjords of Greenland
• Glaciers of Greenland
• Islands of Greenland
• Lakes of Greenland
• Mountains of Greenland
  • Volcanoes in Greenland
• Rivers of Greenland
  • Waterfalls of Greenland
• Valleys of Greenland
• World Heritage Sites in Greenland

Ecoregions of Greenland

Main article: Ecoregions in Greenland

Administrative divisions of Greenland

Main article: Administrative divisions of Greenland

• Counties of Greenland
  • Municipalities of Greenland

Municipalities of Greenland

• Capital of Greenland: Nuuk
• Cities of Greenland

Government and politics of Greenland

Main article: Government of Greenland and Politics of Greenland

Politics of Greenland

Politics of Greenland takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Danish dependency, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Greenland is a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark since 1979. Executive power...

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : parliamentary
  Parliamentary system
  A parliamentary system is a system of government in which the ministers of the executive branch get their democratic legitimacy from the legislature and are accountable to that body, such that the executive and legislative branches are intertwined....
  
   representative democratic
  Representative democracy
  Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy...
  
   Danish
  Denmark
  Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
  
   dependency
  Dependent territory
  A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State, and remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area....
  
  
• Capital of Greenland: Nuuk

• Elections in Greenland
  Elections in Greenland
  Elections in Greenland have been taking place since 1979. Greenland elects on national level a legislature. The Diet has 31 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation....
  
  

• Political parties in Greenland
• Political scandals of Greenland
• Taxation in Greenland

Executive branch of the government of Greenland

• Head of state
  Head of State
  A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
  
  : Queen of Denmark
  Monarchy of Denmark
  The monarchy in Denmark is the constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Denmark, which includes Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.As a constitutional monarch, the Queen is limited to non-partisan, ceremonial functions...
  
  , Queen Margaret II, represented by High Commissioner of Greenland, Søren Hald Møller
  Søren Hald Møller
  Søren Hald Møller was the Danish High Commissioner in Greenland.- Career :* 1985 – 1986 Teaching at the gymnasium and HF course in Frederikshavn and Aars* 1986 – 1987 Head of the Public Procurement Board...
  
  
• Head of government
  Head of government
  Head of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
  
  : Prime Minister of Greenland, Kuupik Kleist
  Kuupik Kleist
  Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist is a Socialist and Left-wing Greenlandic politician. He became the fifth Prime Minister of Greenland in 2009, the first from the Inuit Ataqatigiit political party....
  
  

Legislative branch of the government of Greenland

• Landsting
  Parliament of Greenland
  The Parliament of Greenland is the legislature in the government of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. The government of Greenland is also called Home Rule of Greenland. 16 seats are needed for a majority....
  
   (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Greenland

• Landsret

Foreign relations of Greenland

• Diplomatic missions in Greenland
• Diplomatic missions of Greenland
• Greenland and the European Union
  Greenland and the European Union
  Greenland has a special relationship with the European Union due to its link with EU state Denmark.-Trade:In 2010, Greeland's exports to the EU amounted to €331 million and the Greenland imports from the EU were valued at €614 million . Exports to the EU were mainly food and live animals...
  
  

International organization membership

The government of Greenland is a member of:

• Arctic Council
  Arctic Council
  The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum which addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic.- History of the Arctic Council :...
  
  
• Nordic Council
  Nordic Council
  The Nordic Council is a geo-political, inter-parliamentary forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries. It was established following World War II and its first concrete result was the introduction in 1952 of a common labour market and free movement across borders without passports for the...
  
   (NC)
• Nordic Investment Bank
  Nordic Investment Bank
  The Nordic Investment Bank is an international financial institution founded in the mid-1970s by the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In 2005, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania became members of the Bank. NIB’s headquarters are located in Helsinki, Finland...
  
   (NIB)
• Universal Postal Union
  Universal Postal Union
  The Universal Postal Union is an international organization that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress, the Council of Administration , the Postal Operations Council and the...
  
   (UPU)

• Human rights in Greenland
  • LGBT rights in Greenland
    LGBT rights in Greenland
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights in Greenland are very similar to those in Denmark, and are among the most liberal in the world, but do not allow full marriage. Same-sex sexual activity is legal, with an equal age of consent, and there are broad anti-discrimination laws...
    
    
  • Freedom of religion in Greenland
• Law enforcement in Greenland
  Law enforcement in Greenland
  Law enforcement in Greenland, a self-governing province of Denmark is provided by a branch of the Rigspolitiet, the Danish national police service. Since 2006, Greenland has constituted one of the 12 police districts of the Rigspolitiet, headed by a commissioner based in Nuuk, the capital of...
  
  

Military of Greenland

Main article: Military of Greenland

Military of Greenland

The government of Greenland does not currently have control of Greenland's military or foreign affairs. The defense of Greenland is the responsibility of Denmark...

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief
    Commander-in-Chief
    A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
    
    :
    • Ministry of Defence of Greenland: None, Island Command Greenland is de facto defense command
• Forces
  • Greenlandic Coast Guard
  • Army of Greenland: None, Defense is the responsibiliy of Denmark
    Military of Greenland
    The government of Greenland does not currently have control of Greenland's military or foreign affairs. The defense of Greenland is the responsibility of Denmark...
    
    
  • Navy of Greenland: None, Defense is the responsibiliy of Denmark
    Military of Greenland
    The government of Greenland does not currently have control of Greenland's military or foreign affairs. The defense of Greenland is the responsibility of Denmark...
    
    
  • Air Force of Greenland: None, Defense is the responsibiliy of Denmark
    Military of Greenland
    The government of Greenland does not currently have control of Greenland's military or foreign affairs. The defense of Greenland is the responsibility of Denmark...
    
    
  • Special forces of Greenland: None, Defense is the responsibiliy of Denmark
    Military of Greenland
    The government of Greenland does not currently have control of Greenland's military or foreign affairs. The defense of Greenland is the responsibility of Denmark...
    
    
• Military history of Greenland
• Military ranks of Greenland

Local government in Greenland

• Municipalities:
  • Qaasuitsup
    Qaasuitsup
    Qaasuitsup is a new municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. As of January 2010 its population is 17,749. The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat...
    
    
  • Qeqqata
    Qeqqata
    Qeqqata is a new municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in central-western part of the country. Its population is 9,677 as of January 2010. The administrative center of the municipality is in Sisimiut...
    
    
  • Sermersooq
    Sermersooq
    Sermersooq is a new municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. It is home to Nuuk , the capital of Greenland, and is the most populous municipality in the country, with 21,232 inhabitants as of January 2010...
    
    
  • Kujalleq
    Kujalleq
    Kujalleq is a new municipality in the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. With 7,589 inhabitants as of January 2010, it is the least-populated municipality in Greenland. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq...
    
    
• Northeast Greenland National Park
  Northeast Greenland National Park
  Northeast Greenland National Park is the largest national park in the world, with an area of , making the park larger than 163 countries. It is the only national park in Greenland, and the most northerly national park in the world, its most northerly point reaching slightly further than the most...
  
  

History of Greenland

Main article: History of Greenland

History of Greenland

The history of Greenland is the history of life under extreme Arctic conditions: an ice cap currently covers about 80 percent of the island, largely restricting human activity to the coasts....

, Timeline of the history of Greenland, and Current events of Greenland

• Economic history of Greenland
• Military history of Greenland

Culture of Greenland

Main article: Culture of Greenland

Culture of Greenland

The culture of Greenland has much in common with Inuit tradition, as the majority of people are descended from Inuit. Many people still go ice-fishing and there are annual dog-sled races in which everyone with a team participates....

• Architecture of Greenland
• Cuisine of Greenland
• Ethnic minorities in Greenland
• Festivals in Greenland
• Humor in Greenland
• Languages of Greenland
• Media in Greenland
• National symbols of Greenland
  • Coat of arms of Greenland
    Coat of arms of Greenland
    The coat of arms of Greenland is a blue shield featuring a silver polar bear. This symbol was first introduced in the coat of arms of Denmark in 1666 and it is still represented in the arms of the Danish royal family. In a Danish context, the bear was originally shown walking naturally, but an...
    
    
  • Flag of Greenland
    Flag of Greenland
    The flag of Greenland was designed by Greenland native Thue Christiansen. It features two equal horizontal bands of white and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white...
    
    
  • National anthem of Greenland
• People of Greenland
• Prostitution in Greenland
• Public holidays in Greenland
  Public holidays in Greenland
  This is a list of public holidays in Greenland....
  
  
• Records of Greenland
• Religion in Greenland
  • Buddhism in Greenland
  • Christianity in Greenland
  • Hinduism in Greenland
  • Islam in Greenland
  • Judaism in Greenland
  • Sikhism in Greenland
• World Heritage Sites in Greenland

Art in Greenland

• Art in Greenland
• Cinema of Greenland
• Literature of Greenland
• Music of Greenland
  Music of Greenland
  The music of Greenland is a mixture of two primary strands, Inuit and Danish, mixed with influences from the United States and United Kingdom. The biggest record label is ULO from the town of Sisimiut; it was created by Malik Hoegh and Karsten Sommer...
  
  
• Television in Greenland
• Theatre in Greenland

Sports in Greenland

Main article: Sports in Greenland

• Football in Greenland
  Football in Greenland
  Football is the national sport in Greenland. It was brought to Greenland by Danish settlers. Because of the climatic conditions, Greenland is unable to support any grass pitches so games are played on artificial turf...
  
  
• Greenland at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Greenland

Main article: Economy of Greenland

Economy of Greenland

The Economy of Greenland can be characterized as small, mixed and vulnerable. The present economy consists of a big public sector and comprehensive foreign trade, which has resulted in an economy with periods of strong growth, considerable inflation, unemployment problems and extreme dependence on...

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 157th (one hundred and fifty seventh)

• Agriculture in Greenland
• Banking in Greenland
  • Bank of Greenland
    Bank of Greenland
    The Bank of Greenland is the only local commercial bank in Greenland, listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange as GRLA, with 2,700 shareholders as of 2010. Headquartered in Nuuk, the bank has 215 employees as of 2010.- History :...
    
    
• Communications in Greenland
  Communications in Greenland
  Greenland has, by law, only one service provider for telecommunications and internet, TELE Greenland, which is fully owned by the Greenlandic Home Rule government. TELE Greenland provides switched telephone and data, land mobile communications, VHF and MF shore-to-ship communication, and television...
  
  
  • Internet in Greenland
• Companies of Greenland

• Currency of Greenland
  Currency
  In economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
  
  : Krone
  Danish krone
  The krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...
  
  
  • ISO 4217
    ISO 4217
    ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
    
    : DKK

• Economic history of Greenland
• Energy in Greenland
  • Energy policy of Greenland
• Mining in Greenland
  • Gemstone industry in Greenland
• Oil industry in Greenland
• Tourism in Greenland
  Tourism in Greenland
  Tourism in Greenland is largely undeveloped, with most tourist activities arranged on a local level. The country has spectacular scenery, and a few historic sites....
  
  
• Transport in Greenland
  Transport in Greenland
  The transportation system in Greenland is very unusual in that Greenland has no railways, no inland waterways, and virtually no roads between towns.-Overview:...
  
  

• Greenland Stock Exchange

Infrastructure of Greenland

• Health care in Greenland
• Transportation in Greenland
  • Airports in Greenland
  • Rail transport in Greenland
  • Roads in Greenland
• Water supply and sanitation in Greenland

See also

• Index of Greenland-related articles
• List of Greenland-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Outline of Denmark
  Outline of Denmark
  Denmark is a country located in Scandinavia of Northern Europe. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries. The mainland is bordered to the south by Germany; Denmark is southwest of Sweden and south of Norway. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
  
  
• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
• Outline of North America

External links

• Official Government Site (in English)
• Official Greenland tourism information
• CIA World Factbook
• Statistics Greenland
• Greenland Map
• Greenland Dumps Ice into Sea at Faster Pace
• http://www.nunaoil.gl/
• http://www.nunaminerals.com/

News

• BBC: Country profile
• BBC: Timeline
• Dallas Morning News article by Dave Levinthal, Staff Writer