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EncyclopediaGreenlandGreenland, Green. Kalaallit Nunaat, Dan. Grønland, the largest island in the world (2005 est. pop. 56,000), 836,109 sq mi (2,166,086 sq km), self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark, lying largely within the Arctic Circle. It is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean in the north; the Greenland Sea in the east; the Denmark Strait in the southeast, which separates it from Iceland; the Atlantic Ocean in the south; and Davis Strait and Baffin Bay in the west, which separate it from Baffin Island, Canada. The capital is Nuuk (formerly Godthåb). Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Greenland from Infoplease:
- Greenland - Information on Greenland — geography, history, politics, government, economy, population statistics, culture, religion, languages, largest cities.
- Greenland - Map of Greenland & articles on flags, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
- Greenland: Bibliography - Bibliography See V. Stefansson, Greenland (1942); G. Jones, The Norse Atlantic Saga (1964); F. Gad, ...
- Greenland: History - History The earliest Palaeo-Eskimo cultures had already arrived in Greenland from Canada by c.2,500 ...
- Greenland: Government - Government A Danish colony until 1953, Greenland then became a province; it attained home rule in ...
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