Greenland
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Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for
the following climate stations in Greenland
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| Official name: |
Greenland
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| Capital: |
Nuuk (Godthab)
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| Area: |
total: 2,166,086 sq km
land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (2000 est.)
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| Climate: |
arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
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| Location: |
Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
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| Geographic coordinates: |
72 00 N, 40 00 W
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly more than three times the size of Texas
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| Land boundaries: |
0 km
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| Coastline: |
44,087 km
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| Terrain: |
flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m
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Map of Greenland
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