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.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Nuuk and Ilulissat.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Western Greenland and Southern Greenland.
Western Greenland
Western Greenland is a region of Greenland.
Southern Greenland
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The Southern coast of Greenland is jokingly nicknamed "Sineriak Bananeqarfik" by the locals.
Northern Greenland
The Far North of Greenland is sparsely inhabited and exceptionally cold.
Eastern Greenland
The East Coast of Greenland is not as densely…
NASA, Public domain.Greenland
- Country with about 56,600 residents
- …has Nuuk as its capital
- …uses the Krone (DKK)
- …has the phone code 299
- …uses the internet domain .gl
- …covers 2,166,086 km² (836,330 miles²)
- Description: autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and world’s largest island
- Also known as“GL”“Greenlandia”“GRL”“Groenland”“Kalaallit Nunaat”
- LanguagesKalaallisutDanishEnglish
- Neighbors
- Categories
- Location: North America
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Latitude of center
72° north
Longitude of center
-40° or 40° west
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Greenland” goes by many names.
GroenlandAfrikaans
GreenmanAkan
GrenlandaAlbanian
GrënlandëAlbanian
GroenlandaAlbanian
ግሪንላንድAmharic
GreenlandAmis
ग्रीनलैंडAngika
GreenlaanAntigua and Barbuda Creole English
جرينلاندArabic
جرينلندArabic
غرينلاندArabic
GroenlandiaAragonese
GronlandiaAragonese
ԳրենլանդիաArmenian
GrônelandaArpitan
GrônlandeArpitan
গ্ৰীণলেণ্ডAssamese
GroenlandiaAsturian
GreenlandAtayal
QrenlandiyaAzerbaijani
Nusa GreenlandBalinese
GɔrɔhenelandiBambara
ГренландияBashkir
GroenlandiaBasque
GrenlandBavarian
GrönlandBavarian
ГрэнландыяBelarusian
ГрэнляндыяBelarusian
গ্রীনল্যান্ডBengali
GerunlanBetawi
GrunlanBetawi
গ্রীনল্যান্ডBishnupriya
GrenlandBosnian
GreunlandBreton
ГренландияBulgarian
ဂရင်းလန်းBurmese
ဂရင်းလန်ကျွန်းBurmese
GrenlàndiaCatalan
GroenlàndiaCatalan
GreenlandCebuano
GroenlandiyaCebuano
گرینلاندCentral Kurdish
GroenlandiaChavacano
ГренландиChechen
ᎢᏤᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎦᏙᎯCherokee
GélínglánChinese
格林兰Chinese
格陵兰Chinese
格陵蘭Chinese
ГренландиChuvash
GreunlandCornish
GreunlondCornish
GroenlandiaCorsican
GruenlandiaCorsican
GrenlandCroatian
GrónskoCzech
GreenlandDagbani
GrønlandDanish
ގުރީންލޭންޑުDhivehi
GronlandaDimli (individual language)
Groen-land (historical)Dutch
Groen-Landt (historical)Dutch
གིརཱིན་ལནཌ྄Dzongkha
ГренландийEastern Mari
جرينلاندEgyptian Arabic
GrenlandoEsperanto
GronlandoEsperanto
GröönimaaEstonian
Grinland nutomeEwe
GroenlándiaExtremaduran
GrønlandFaroese
GreenlandFiji Hindi
GrönlantiFinnish
Kalaallit NunaatFinnish
GorwendlandFulah
GrenlandiyaGagauz
GroenlandiaGalician
GurenelandiGanda
გრენლანდიაGeorgian
GreenlandGhanaian Pidgin English
گرينلندGilaki
GreenlandGoan Konkani
ग्रीनलँडGoan Konkani
ΓροιλανδίαGreek
GyroẽlándiaGuarani
KyoẽlándiaGuarani
ગ્રીનલેન્ડGujarati
GrinlannHaitian
GroenlannHaitian
GreenlandHakka Chinese
GreenlandHausa
GrinlanHausa
גרינלנדHebrew
גרנלנדHebrew
ग्रीनलैंडHindi
ग्रीनलैण्डHindi
GrönlandHungarian
GreenlandIban
GrænlandIcelandic
GrenlandoIdo
GreenlandIgbo
GreenlandIloko
Kalaallit NunaatInari Sami
RuánááeennâmInari Sami
GreenlandIndonesian
GroenlandiaInterlingua
GrenlandInterlingue
ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦInuktitut
Kalaałłit NunaatInupiaq
An GhraonlainnIrish
GroenlandiaItalian
グリーンランドJapanese
GreenlandJavanese
GrunlanJavanese
KrowelandɩKabiyè
GrinlandKabyle
GreenlandKadazan Dusun
Kalaallit NunaatKalaallisut
Гринлэндин АрлKalmyk
ಗ್ರೀನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್Kannada
گرٛین لینٛڈKashmiri
گریٖنلینڑKashmiri
GrenlandiôKashubian
GrenlandzkôKashubian
ГренландияKazakh
ក្រូអិនឡង់Khmer
ហ្គ្រីនឡែនKhmer
ហ្គ្រោអង់ឡង់Khmer
GrinlandiKikuyu
Руэнне̄ммьнеKildin Sami
GoronulandeKinyarwanda
ГренландияKirghiz
ГренландияKomi
그린란드Korean
그린랜드Korean
GrînlendaKurdish
GroenlandiaLadin
GroenlandiaLadino
GreenlandLao
ກຣີນແລນLao
ໂກຣແອນລັງLao
GroenlandiaLatin
GrenlandeLatvian
GròenlandiaLigurian
GreunlandLimburgan
GowelandeLingala
GroenlandiLingala
CalalitnunatLingua Franca Nova
GronlandLingua Franca Nova
格陵蘭Literary Chinese
GrenlandijaLithuanian
GrönlandiiLivvi
Kalaallit NunaatLivvi
GreunlaandLow German
GröönlandLow German
GruinlaandLow German
GruunlaandLow German
GrönlandskaLower Sorbian
NgowelandeLuba-Katanga
GrönlandLuxembourgish
ГренландMacedonian
ग्रीनल्याण्डMaithili
GroenlandMalagasy
GroenlandaMalagasy
GreenlandMalay
ഗ്രീൻലാൻഡ്Malayalam
ഗ്രീൻലാൻറ്Malayalam
GreenlandMaltese
GroenlandjaMaltese
il-GroenlandjaMaltese
ꯒ꯭ꯔꯤꯟꯂꯦꯟManipuri
Çheer y SniaghteyManx
GreenlynManx
GreenlynnManx
GroenlandManx
Kalaallit NunaatManx
GreenlandMaori
KirīnirangiMaori
ग्रीनलंडMarathi
گرینلندMazanderani
GreenlandMin Dong Chinese
GreenlandMin Nan Chinese
Kek-lîm-lânMin Nan Chinese
გრენლანდიაMingrelian
ГрэнландияMoksha
ဂရိန်လာန်Mon
ГренландMongolian
ڭرينلاندMoroccan Arabic
Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé BikéyahNavajo
ग्रिनल्याण्डNepali
ग्रिनल्यान्डNepali
ग्रिनल्यान्डNewari
ग्रीनल्यान्दNewari
GreenlandNorth Ndebele
GreenlunNorthern Frisian
Kalaallit NunaatNorthern Sami
RuonáeanaNorthern Sami
GrønlandNorwegian
GrønlandNorwegian Bokmål
GrønlandNorwegian Nynorsk
Verdi-landeNovial
GreenlandNyanja
GroenlàndiaOccitan (post 1500)
GrēnelandOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ଗ୍ରୀନଲାଣ୍ଡOriya
ଗ୍ରୀନଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡOriya
GriinlaandiOromo
ГренландиOssetian
ਗ੍ਰੀਨਲੈਂਡPanjabi
GroenlandiaPapiamento
GrunlandiaPapiamento
گروئنلندPersian
گرینلاندPersian
گرینلندPersian
GroenlandPicard
GroenlandiaPiemontese
GriinlandPitcairn-Norfolk
GrenlandiaPolish
GrønlandPolish
Kalaallit NunaatPolish
ګرينلينډPushto
ګرينلېنډPushto
ګرینلینډPushto
GroenlandiaQuechua
Kalalit NunatQuechua
KalallitsuyuQuechua
GroenlandaRomanian
GrönlandaRomansh
GurunilandiRundi
ГренландияRussian
ҐронськоRusyn
ҐроньскоRusyn
GreenlandSakizaya
GrenlandėjėSamogitian
GorolândeSango
ᱜᱨᱤᱱᱞᱮᱱᱰSantali
GroenlàndiaSardinian
GräinloundSaterfriesisch
GLScots
GreenlandScots
A‘ GhraonlainnScottish Gaelic
A’ GhraonlannScottish Gaelic
ГренландSerbian
GrenlandSerbo-Croatian
ၵရိၼ်းလႅၼ်းShan
GreenlandShona
GroenlandiaSicilian
GroenlanniaSicilian
GrynlandyjŏSilesian
گرين لينڊSindhi
ග්රීන්ලන්තයSinhala
Kalaallit NunaatSkolt Sami
RuânnjânnamSkolt Sami
GrónskoSlovak
GrenlandijaSlovenian
Kalaallit NunaatSlovenian
GreenlandSomali
GriinlandSomali
قرینلندSouth Azerbaijani
قیرینلندSouth Azerbaijani
KruanalaanteSouthern Sami
Lemah HéjoSundanese
GreenlandSwahili
GrinilandiSwahili
GrönlandSwedish
Kalaallit NunaatSwedish
GrönlandSwiss German
GroenlandiyaTagalog
LupanluntiTagalog
ГренландTajik
ГренландияTajik
GrenlandijəTalysh
கிரீன்லாந்துTamil
கிறீன்லாந்துTamil
GreenlandTaroko
ГренландияTatar
గ్రీన్లాండ్Telugu
గ్రీన్ల్యాండ్Telugu
กรีนลันด์เดียThai
กรีนแลนด์Thai
กะลาลิตนูนาตThai
โกรนลันด์Thai
གེ་རེན་ལTibetan
ግሪንላንድTigrinya
GreenlandTok Pisin
KulinilaniTonga (Tonga Islands)
GrönlandTurkish
GrenlandiýaTurkmen
Gi̱rinlanTyap
GLTyap
GreenlandTyap
GRLTyap
GroenlandTyap
Kalaallit NunaatTyap
ГренландияUdmurt
گرېنلاندىيەUighur
گىرېنلاندىيەUighur
ГренландіяUkrainian
ҐренландіяUkrainian
GrönlandskaUpper Sorbian
Kalaallit NunaatUpper Sorbian
ZelenskaUpper Sorbian
گرین لینڈUrdu
GrenlandiyaUzbek
GroenlàndiaVenetian
GrenlandVeps
GreenlandVietnamese
GroenlandVlaams
GröneänVolapük
Kalaallit NunaatVõro
GreenlandWaray (Philippines)
Yr Ynys LasWelsh
GrienlânWestern Frisian
گرین لینڈWestern Panjabi
GirinlàndWolof
GroenlaandWolof
格陵兰Wu Chinese
GrinlendXhosa
ГренландияYakut
גרינלאַנדYiddish
GerelandiYoruba
GrínlándìYoruba
格陵兰Yue Chinese
格陵蘭Yue Chinese
HroenlandZeeuws
i-GreenlandZulu
Gronlandiah
ma Kalalinuna
ma Kalasi
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