Greenland - Tourism and Travel

Greenland is the largest island in the world, excluding Australia.

It has an area of 839,999 square miles (2,175,600 square kilometers).

Greenland is located in between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, northeast of North America.

Most of Greenland is covered by a permanent ice sheet that is more than 650,000 square miles (1,683,400 square kilometers) in area.

The weight of this huge ice sheet has caused the center of Greenland to become so depressed that it now forms a basin more than 1,000 feet (300 meters below sea level.)

Bare rock can only be seen at the outer edges of Greenland.

Eastern Greenland has mountains that are part of a 245 million year old arctic mountain system.

The climate of Greenland is polar.

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark.

The capital is Nuuk.

57,000 people live in Greenland.

89% of them are Inuit.

Greenlandic and Danish are official languages. English is also spoken,.

Fishing and fish processing form the basis of Greenland's economy.

The Danish krone is Greenland's official currency. It is equal to 100 øre