Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬit nʉnaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.Greenland is the world's largest island. It is one of three constituent countries that …

Climate of the Arctic. The climates of polar lands vary greatly depending on their latitude, proximity of the sea, elevation, and topography, but, even so, they all share certain “polar” characteristics.Owing to the high latitudes, solar energy is limited to the summer months. Although it may be considerable, its effectiveness in raising surface temperatures is restricted by the …

Greenland is an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark located east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. While part of the North American continent, Greenland is more culturally associated with Europe, particularly Norway and Denmark.. Greenland is the 12th largest country in the world in terms of area, with a …

Greenland (Danish: Grønland): From Old Norse Grœnland, literally, "green land"; so named by Erik the Red to induce settlement there. Greenlandic-speakers use the name Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the Greenlanders" Jutland (Danish: Jylland; ... Now Västernorrland is located in Eastern Norrland. Norrbotten: North Bothnia ...

Inuit (/ ˈ ɪ nj u ɪ t /; Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Alaska. Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut languages, also known as Inuit-Yupik-Unangan, and also ...

Greenlandic (Greenlandic: kalaallisut [kalaːɬːisʉt]; Danish: grønlandsk [ˈkʁɶnˌlanˀsk]) is an Eskimo–Aleut language with about 56,000 speakers, mostly Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland.It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada such as Inuktitut.It is the most widely spoken Eskimo–Aleut language. Greenlandic has been the sole official language of the Greenlandic ...

Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland.The territory comprises the island of Greenland—the largest island in the world—and more than a hundred other smaller islands (see alphabetic list).Greenland has a 1.2 kilometre (0.75 mi) long border with Canada on Hans Island.A sparse …

Of these 50 peaks, 16 are located in Canada, 15 in the United States, 7 in Greenland, 6 in México, and one each in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The 50 most topographically isolated summits of greater North America with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence

Greenland was probably originally settled by descendants of the present Inuit culture, who identify the island as Kalaalit Nunaat—meaning "land of the people"—in their native language. It received the name Greenland from Norse explorer Eiríkur Rauðe Þorvaldsson (known today as …

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) +299; Grenada +1; Guadeloupe +590; Guam +1; Guatemala +502; Guernsey +44; Guinea (Guinée) +224; Guinea-Bissau (Guiné Bissau) +245; Guyana +592; Haiti +509; ... on this form will be stored by our supplier within the US and transferred to ACCAs main information systems which are located in the UK & EU, and may be ...