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Area > Comparative slightly more than three times the size of Texas
Area > Land	14 sq km	[14th of 236]
Area > Total	19 sq km	[19th of 248]
Climate arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
Coastline	7 km	[7th of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Gunnbjorn 3,700 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Geographic coordinates	72 00 N, 40 00 W
Geography > Note dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast, but close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap
Land use > Arable land	232 %	[232nd of 241]
Land use > Other	27 %	[27th of 241]
Land use > Permanent crops	227 %	[227th of 241]
Location Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
Map references	Arctic Region
Maritime claims > Continental shelf 200 nm or agreed boundaries or median line
Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone	13 nm	[13th of 33]
Natural hazards continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island
Natural resources coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas
Population density	232 people per sqkm	[232nd of 256]
Terrain flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast

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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; Total land area in square kilometres ; Total area in square kilometers ; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; Highest point above sea level ; Lowest point relative to sea level ; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources. ; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice ; The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc. ; The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber. ; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Continental shelf - the LOS Convention (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal State as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention. ; Exclusive fishing zone - while this term is not used in the LOS Convention, some States (e.g. the United Kingdom) have chosen not to claim an EEZ, but rather to claim jurisdiction over the living resources off their coast; in such cases, the term exclusive fishing zone is often used. ; Potential natural disasters. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat

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