Greenland Geography

Country Name: Greenland

Capital City: Nuuk (Godthab)

Population: 56,344 (July 2007 est.)

Population Growth: -0.03% (2007 est.)

Currency: Danish krone (DKK)

Languages: Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English

Area:

Inflation Rate: 1% (2005 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 9.3% (2005)

Domain extension:

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF GREENLAND

Location:

Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

Geographic Co-ordinates:

72 00 N, 40 00 W

Area - total:

2,166,086 sq km

Area - total:

2,166,086 sq km

Area - land:

2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (2000 est.)

Area - water:

0 sq km

Land Boundaries:

0 km

Border Countries:

0 km

Terrain:

flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast

Elevation - highest point:

Gunnbjorn 3,700 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Atlantic Ocean 0 m

Natural Resources:

coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas

Arable Land:

Permanent Crops:

Other Land Use:

100% (2005)

Natural Hazards:

continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island