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Greenland Map of Greenland showing major geographic features, towns, and surrounding seas. The island is dominated by the Greenland Ice Sheet, with coastal settlements such as Nuuk, Upernavik, and Kangerlussuaq marked. Neighboring bodies of water include Baffin Bay, the Labrador Sea, Greenland Sea, and Denmark Strait. An inset globe highlights Greenland's location in the northern Atlantic. Nuuk, Greenland Map highlighting Greenland in orange, showing its location in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans between Canada and Europe, with neighboring countries labeled, and the capital city Nuuk marked. Tasiusaq, southern Greenland Signpost in Kangerlussuaq Greenland: Ilulissat Icefjord Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier, eastern Greenland Iceberg near Greenland Ilulissat
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Join a Climate-Change Research Team Collecting Samples from the Bottom of Greenland's Arctic Lakes
Learn how scientists collect lake bed sediment samples in Greenland for investigations...
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Who Governs Greenland?
In Greenlandic, Greenland is known as Kalaallit Nunaat: “The Land of the...
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Greenland
Map of Greenland highlighting the major geographic regions and the locations of human...
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Nuuk, Greenland
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Tasiusaq, southern Greenland
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Signpost in Kangerlussuaq
A signpost in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, showing the town's proximity to the North...
Greenland Tourism
Greenland: Ilulissat Icefjord
Icebergs on the Ilulissat Icefjord, western Greenland, March 2013. It was the first...
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Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier, eastern Greenland
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Iceberg near Greenland
Iceberg in the waters off Greenland.
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Ilulissat
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Greenland.
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Paamiut
Paamiut (Frederikshåb), Greenland.
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Ilulissat
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Greenland.
Greenland Tourism
Dried fish, northern Greenland
Manfred Horender/Greenland Tourism
Sisimiut
Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Greenland.
Manfred Horender/Greenland Tourism
Katuaq
Katuaq, the cultural center of Greenland, in Nuuk.
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Narsaq, Greenland
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Ruins of Hvalsey Church
Ruins of Hvalsey Church, built by medieval Norse settlers, near Qaqortoq (Julianehåb),...
Greenland Tourism
iceberg
Tourist boat in front of a massive iceberg near the coast of Greenland.
Paul Zizka/Visit Greenland (Visitgreenland.com)
GIUK Gap
The waters between Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom form a strategically...
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Military bases in the Arctic: NATO and Russia
During the early 2000s and 2010s, Russia expanded its military capabilities in the...
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Younger Dryas event
The Younger Dryas event was characterized by a substantial and relatively sudden...
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Greenland
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Greenland: Ethnic composition
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