Southern Greenland
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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Greenland night photography
Greenland night photography is a route through…Southern Greenland
- Type: colony
- Description: Danish inspectorate
- Also known as: “Groenland du Sud”, “South Greenland”, “Southern Inspectorate of Greenland”, and “Sydgrønland”
- Category: inspectorate
- Location: Greenland, North America
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Latitude of center
60.68° or 60° 40′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
-44.62° or 44° 37′ 12″ west
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Venetian—“Southern Greenland” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Südgrönland”
- Czech: “Jižní Grónsko”
- Czech: “Jižní inspektorát Grónska”
- Danish: “Sydgrønlands Inspektorat”
- Esperanto: “Sud-Gronlando”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Gröönimaa inspektoraat”
- French: “Groenland méridional”
- French: “inspectorat du Groenland du Sud”
- German: “Südgrönland”
- Italian: “Groenlandia meridionale”
- Japanese: “南グリーンランド”
- Korean: “남그린란드”
- Macedonian: “Јужен Гренланд”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sydgrønlands Inspektorat”
- Slovenian: “Južna Grenlandija”
- Venetian: “Groenlàndia meridionałe”
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