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Greenland

Greenland is the world's largest non-continental island, in the Arctic far north-east of . For thousands of years this icy landmass has been inhabited by Arctic peoples.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Nuuk and Ilulissat.

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, also known by its Danish name of Godthåb, is the capital and administrative centre of Greenland, with a population of around 15,000. The city is sometimes accused of being rather soulless, with many high-rise blocks.

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is the third largest city in Greenland, in the Disko Bay just by the icefjord, from which it got its name. has one of the most beautiful settings for a great Greenlandic experience.

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is in . is the largest National Park in the world.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Western Greenland and Southern Greenland.

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is a region of Greenland. Home to the capital, , this is the part of Greenland that you would probably think of if you've only seen the stereotypical picture.

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The Southern coast of Greenland is jokingly nicknamed "Sineriak Bananeqarfik" by the locals. Still far from a tropical paradise, this is the region which experiences the least extreme temperatures.

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The Far North of Greenland is sparsely inhabited and exceptionally cold. Even getting here is an achievement, and getting around is an exercise in planning, as the tourist infrastructure found in other parts of Greenland simply is not present here.

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The East Coast of Greenland is not as densely inhabited as the West, and is thus more of an "off the beaten track" destination than the west.
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Greenland

Latitude of center
72° north
Longitude of center
-40° or 40° west
Population
57,600
Area
2,166,086 km² (836,330 miles²)
Elevation
3,009 metres (9,872 feet)
Capital
Currency
Krone (DKK)
Phone code
.gl
Internet domain
299
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424312026
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
3425505
Wiki­data ID
Q223
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Greenland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groenland”
  • Akan: “Greenman”
  • Albanian: “Grenlanda”
  • Albanian: “Grënlandë”
  • Albanian: “Groenlanda”
  • Amharic: “ግሪንላንድ”
  • Amis: “Greenland”
  • Angika: “ग्रीनलैंड”
  • Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: “Greenlaan”
  • Arabic: “جرينلاند”
  • Arabic: “جرينلند”
  • Arabic: “غرينلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Groenlandia”
  • Aragonese: “Gronlandia”
  • Armenian: “Գրենլանդիա”
  • Arpitan: “Grônelanda”
  • Arpitan: “Grônlande”
  • Assamese: “গ্ৰীণলেণ্ড”
  • Asturian: “Groenlandia”
  • Atayal: “Greenland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qrenlandiya”
  • Balinese: “Nusa Greenland”
  • Bambara: “Gɔrɔhenelandi”
  • Bashkir: “Гренландия (административ берәмек)”
  • Bashkir: “Гренландия”
  • Basque: “Groenlandia”
  • Bavarian: “Grenland”
  • Bavarian: “Grönland”
  • Belarusian: “Грэнландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Грэнляндыя”
  • Bengali: “গ্রিনল্যান্ড”
  • Bengali: “গ্রীনল্যান্ড”
  • Betawi: “Grunlan”
  • Bishnupriya: “গ্রীনল্যান্ড”
  • Bosnian: “Grenland”
  • Breton: “Greunland”
  • Bulgarian: “Гренландия”
  • Burmese: “ဂရင်းလန်း”
  • Burmese: “ဂရင်းလန်ကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Grenlàndia”
  • Catalan: “Groenlàndia”
  • Cebuano: “Greenland”
  • Cebuano: “Groenlandiya”
  • Central Kurdish: “گرینلاند”
  • Chavacano: “Groenlandia”
  • Chechen: “Гренланди”
  • Cherokee: “ᎢᏤᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎦᏙᎯ”
  • Chinese: “Gélínglán”
  • Chinese: “Kek-lîm-lân”
  • Chinese: “格林兰”
  • Chinese: “格陵兰”
  • Chinese: “格陵蘭”
  • Chuvash: “Гренланди”
  • Cornish: “Greunland”
  • Cornish: “Greunlond”
  • Croatian: “Grenland”
  • Czech: “Grónsko”
  • Dagbani: “Greenland”
  • Danish: “Grønland”
  • Dhivehi: “ގުރީންލޭންޑު”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Gronlanda”
  • Dutch: “Groen-land” (historical)
  • Dutch: “Groen-Landt”
  • Dutch: “Groenland”
  • Dutch: “Groenlandt” (historical)
  • Dzongkha: “གིརཱིན་ལནཌ྄”
  • Eastern Mari: “Гренландий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جرينلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Grenlando”
  • Esperanto: “Gronlando”
  • Estonian: “Gröönimaa”
  • Ewe: “Grinland nutome”
  • Extremaduran: “Groenlandia”
  • Extremaduran: “Groenlándia”
  • Faroese: “Grønland”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Greenland”
  • Finnish: “Grönlanti”
  • Finnish: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • French: “Groenland”
  • French: “Groënland”
  • Fulah: “Gorwendland”
  • Gagauz: “Grenlandiya”
  • Galician: “Groenlandia”
  • Ganda: “Gurenelandi”
  • Georgian: “გრენლანდია”
  • German: “Grönland”
  • German: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Greenland”
  • Gilaki: “گرينلند”
  • Goan Konkani: “Greenland”
  • Goan Konkani: “ग्रीनलँड”
  • Greek: “Γροιλανδία”
  • Guarani: “Gyroẽlándia”
  • Guarani: “Kyoẽlándia”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્રીનલેન્ડ”
  • Haitian: “Grinlann”
  • Haitian: “Groenlann”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Greenland”
  • Hausa: “Greenland”
  • Hausa: “Grinlan”
  • Hebrew: “גרינלנד”
  • Hebrew: “גרנלנד”
  • Hindi: “ग्रीनलैंड”
  • Hindi: “ग्रीनलैण्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Grönland”
  • Iban: “Greenland”
  • Icelandic: “Grænland”
  • Ido: “Grenlando”
  • Igbo: “Greenland”
  • Iloko: “Greenland”
  • Inari Sami: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Inari Sami: “Ruánááeennâm”
  • Indonesian: “Greenland”
  • Interlingua: “Groenlandia”
  • Interlingue: “Grenland”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᑦ”
  • Inupiaq: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Inupiaq: “Kalaałłit Nunaat”
  • Irish: “an Ghraonlainn”
  • Irish: “An Ghraonlainn”
  • Italian: “Groenlandia”
  • Japanese: “グリーンランド”
  • Javanese: “Greenland”
  • Javanese: “Grunlan”
  • Kabiyè: “Krowelandɩ”
  • Kabyle: “Grinland”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Greenland”
  • Kalaallisut: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Kalmyk: “Гринлэндин Арл”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರೀನ್‌ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರೀನ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ರೀನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kashmiri: “گرٛین لینٛڈ”
  • Kashmiri: “گریٖنلینڑ”
  • Kashubian: “Grenlandzkô”
  • Kazakh: “Гренландия”
  • Khmer: “ក្រូអិនឡង់”
  • Khmer: “ហ្គ្រោអង់ឡង់”
  • Kikuyu: “Grinlandi”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Goronulande”
  • Kirghiz: “Гренландия”
  • Komi: “Гренландия”
  • Korean: “그린란드”
  • Korean: “그린랜드”
  • Kurdish: “Grînlenda”
  • Ladin: “Groenlandia”
  • Ladino: “Groenlandia”
  • Lao: “Greenland”
  • Lao: “ກຣີນແລນ”
  • Lao: “ໂກຣແອນລັງ”
  • Latin: “Groenlandia”
  • Latvian: “Grenlande”
  • Ligurian: “Gròenlandia”
  • Limburgan: “Greunland”
  • Lingala: “Gowelande”
  • Lingala: “Groenlandi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Calalitnunat”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Gronland”
  • Literary Chinese: “格陵蘭”
  • Lithuanian: “Grenlandija”
  • Livvi: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Low German: “Greunlaand”
  • Low German: “Gröönland”
  • Low German: “Gruinlaand”
  • Low German: “Gruunlaand”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Grönlandska”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Ngowelande”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grönland”
  • Macedonian: “Гренланд”
  • Maithili: “ग्रीनल्याण्ड”
  • Malagasy: “Groenland”
  • Malagasy: “Groenlanda”
  • Malay: “Greenland”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രീൻലാൻഡ്”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രീൻലാൻറ്”
  • Maltese: “Greenland”
  • Maltese: “Groenlandja”
  • Maltese: “il-Groenlandja”
  • Manipuri: “ꯒ꯭ꯔꯤꯟꯂꯦꯟ”
  • Manx: “Çheer y Sniaghtey”
  • Manx: “Greenlyn”
  • Manx: “Greenlynn”
  • Manx: “Groenland”
  • Manx: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Maori: “Greenland”
  • Maori: “Kirīnirangi”
  • Marathi: “ग्रीनलँड”
  • Marathi: “ग्रीनलंड”
  • Mazanderani: “گرینلند”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Greenland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Greenland”
  • Mingrelian: “გრენლანდია”
  • Moksha: “Грэнландия”
  • Mon: “ဂရိန်လာန်”
  • Mongolian: “Гренланд”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڭرينلاند”
  • Navajo: “Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah”
  • Nepali: “ग्रिनल्याण्ड”
  • Nepali: “ग्रिनल्यान्ड”
  • Newari: “ग्रिनल्यान्ड”
  • Newari: “ग्रीनल्यान्द”
  • North Ndebele: “Greenland”
  • Northern Frisian: “Greenlun”
  • Northern Sami: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Northern Sami: “Ruonáeana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grønland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grønland”
  • Norwegian: “Grønland”
  • Novial: “Verdi-lande”
  • Nyanja: “Greenland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Groenlàndia”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Grēneland”
  • Oriya: “ଗ୍ରୀନଲାଣ୍ଡ”
  • Oriya: “ଗ୍ରୀନଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ”
  • Oromo: “Griinlaandi”
  • Ossetian: “Гренланди”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਰੀਨਲੈਂਡ”
  • Panjabi: “ਗ੍ਰੀਨਲੈਂਡ”
  • Papiamento: “Groenlandia”
  • Papiamento: “Grunlandia”
  • Persian: “گروئنلند”
  • Persian: “گرینلاند”
  • Persian: “گرینلند”
  • Picard: “Groenland”
  • Piemontese: “Groenlandia”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Griinland”
  • Polish: “Grenlandia”
  • Polish: “Grønland”
  • Polish: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Portuguese: “Groelândia”
  • Portuguese: “Groenlândia”
  • Portuguese: “Gronelândia”
  • Portuguese: “Grønland”
  • Portuguese: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Pushto: “ګرينلينډ”
  • Pushto: “ګرينلېنډ”
  • Pushto: “ګرینلینډ”
  • Quechua: “Groenlandia”
  • Quechua: “Kalalit Nunat”
  • Quechua: “Kalallitsuyu”
  • Romanian: “Groenlanda”
  • Romansh: “Grönlanda”
  • Rundi: “Gurunilandi”
  • Russian: “Гренландия”
  • Rusyn: “Ґронсько”
  • Rusyn: “Ґроньско”
  • Sakizaya: “Greenland”
  • Samogitian: “Grenlandėjė”
  • Sango: “Gorolânde”
  • Santali: “ᱜᱨᱤᱱᱞᱮᱱᱰ”
  • Sardinian: “Groenlàndia”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Gräinlound”
  • Scots: “Greenland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A‘ Ghraonlainn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Ghraonlainn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Ghraonlann”
  • Serbian: “Гренланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grenland”
  • Shan: “ၵရိၼ်းလႅၼ်း”
  • Shona: “Greenland”
  • Sicilian: “Groenlandia”
  • Sicilian: “Groenlannia”
  • Silesian: “Grynlandyjŏ”
  • Sindhi: “گرين لينڊ”
  • Sinhala: “ග්‍රීන්ලන්තය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ruânnjânnam”
  • Slovak: “Grónsko”
  • Slovenian: “Grenlandija”
  • Slovenian: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Somali: “Greenland”
  • Somali: “Griinland”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قرینلند”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قیرینلند”
  • Southern Sami: “Kruanalaante”
  • Spanish: “Groenlandia”
  • Sundanese: “Lemah Héjo”
  • Swahili: “Greenland”
  • Swahili: “Grinilandi”
  • Swedish: “Grönland”
  • Swedish: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Swiss German: “Grönland”
  • Tagalog: “Groenlandiya”
  • Tagalog: “Lupanlunti”
  • Tajik: “Гренланд”
  • Tajik: “Гренландия”
  • Talysh: “Grenlandijə”
  • Tamil: “கிரீன்லாந்து”
  • Tamil: “கிறீன்லாந்து”
  • Taroko: “Greenland”
  • Tatar: “Гренландия”
  • Telugu: “గ్రీన్‌లాండ్”
  • Telugu: “గ్రీన్‌ల్యాండ్”
  • Thai: “กรีนลันด์เดีย”
  • Thai: “กรีนแลนด์”
  • Thai: “กะลาลิตนูนาต”
  • Thai: “โกรนลันด์”
  • Tibetan: “གེ་རེན་ལ”
  • Tigrinya: “ግሪንላንድ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Greenland”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kulinilani”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Grönland”
  • Turkish: “Grönland”
  • Turkmen: “Grenlandiýa”
  • Udmurt: “Гренландия”
  • Uighur: “گرېنلاندىيە”
  • Uighur: “گىرېنلاندىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Гренландія”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґренландія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Grönlandska”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Zelenska”
  • Urdu: “گرین لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Grenlandiya”
  • Venetian: “Groenlàndia”
  • Veps: “Grenland”
  • Vietnamese: “Greenland”
  • Vlaams: “Groenland”
  • Volapük: “Gröneän”
  • Võro: “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Greenland”
  • Welsh: “Yr Ynys Las”
  • Western Frisian: “Grienlân”
  • Western Panjabi: “گرین لینڈ”
  • Wolof: “Girinlànd”
  • Wolof: “Groenlaand”
  • Wu Chinese: “格陵兰”
  • Xhosa: “Grinlend”
  • Yakut: “Гренландия”
  • Yiddish: “גרינלאנד”
  • Yiddish: “גרינלאַנד”
  • Yoruba: “Gerelandi”
  • Yoruba: “Grínlándì”
  • Yue Chinese: “格陵兰”
  • Yue Chinese: “格陵蘭”
  • Zeeuws: “Hroenland”
  • Zulu: “i-Greenland”
  • “GL”
  • “Grenlandėjė”
  • “GRL”
  • “Gronlandiah”
  • “Kalaallit Nunaat”
  • “ma Kalalinuna”
  • “ma Kalasi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Greenland”. Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0.