Greenland

Greenland is an island in and has about 76,200 residents and an elevation of 3,009 metres.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Also known as: Kalâtdlit-Nunât

Greenland

Latitude
72° north
Longitude
-40° or 40° west
Population
76,200
Elevation
3,009 metres (9,872 feet)
Open location code
C9422222+22
Geo­Names ID
3422723
Wiki­data ID
Q4148644
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Greenland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة غرينلاند
  • Arabic: غرينلاند
  • Armenian: Գրենլանդիա
  • Asturian: Groenlandia
  • Asturian: islla de Groenlandia
  • Azerbaijani: Qrenlandiya adası
  • Azerbaijani: Qrenlandiya
  • Bashkir: Гренландия
  • Basque: Groenlandia
  • Belarusian: Грэнландыя (востраў)
  • Belarusian: Грэнландыя
  • Belarusian: Грэнляндыя
  • Breton: Greunland
  • Bulgarian: Гренландия
  • Catalan: Grenlàndia
  • Catalan: Groenlàndia
  • Chechen: Гренланди
  • Chinese: 格陵兰岛
  • Chinese: 格陵蘭島
  • Church Slavic: Грєнъландъ
  • Church Slavic: Грѭландъ
  • Croatian: Grenland
  • Czech: Grónsko
  • Danish: Grønland
  • Dutch: Island of Greenland
  • Estonian: Gröönimaa saar
  • Finnish: Grönlannin saari
  • French: Groenland
  • German: Grönland
  • Hebrew: גרינלנד
  • Indonesian: Pulau Greenland
  • Ingush: Гренланди
  • Interlingua: Groenlandia
  • Italian: Groenlandia
  • Japanese: グリーンランド島
  • Kalaallisut: Kalaallit Nunaat
  • Kara-Kalpak: Grenlandiya
  • Kazakh: Гренландия
  • Kirghiz: Гренландия
  • Latin: Groenlandia
  • Latvian: Grenlande
  • Macedonian: Гренланд
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Grønland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Grønland
  • Novial: Grinlande
  • Ossetian: Гренланди
  • Panjabi: ਗ੍ਰੀਨਲੈਂਡ
  • Polish: Grenlandia
  • Polish: Grønland
  • Polish: Kalaallit Nunaat
  • Portuguese: Grønland
  • Portuguese: Kalaallit Nunaat
  • Russian: Гренландия (остров)
  • Russian: Гренландия
  • Slovak: Grónsko
  • Slovenian: Grenlandija
  • Spanish: Groenlandia
  • Swedish: Grönland
  • Tajik: Гренландия
  • Tatar: Гренландия
  • Tuvinian: Гренландия
  • Ukrainian: Гренландія
  • Uzbek: Grenlandiya
  • Western Panjabi: گرین لینڈ
  • Yue Chinese: 格陵蘭島

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