Greenland

E15389

autonomous territory constituent country island

Greenland is the world’s largest island, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, known for its vast Arctic landscapes and extensive ice sheet.

Aliases (7)

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autonomous territory → constituent country → island →
area	about 2166000 square kilometres →
areaRank	world’s largest island →
autonomyStatus	autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark →
borderedBy	Arctic Ocean → North Atlantic Ocean →
callingCode	+299 →
capital	Nuuk →
climate	Arctic climate → subarctic climate in some coastal areas →
continent	North America →
currency	Danish krone →
currentMonarch	King Frederik X of Denmark →
demonym	Greenlander →
drivesOn	right →
ethnicGroup	Danes → Inuit →
governmentType	parliamentary democracy →
hasNationalPark	Northeast Greenland National Park →
headOfState	Monarch of Denmark →
highestElevation	about 3694 metres →
highestPoint	Gunnbjørn Fjeld →
iceSheetCoverage	about 80 percent of land area →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	GL →
largestCity	Nuuk →
largestNationalPark	Northeast Greenland National Park →
legislature	Inatsisartut →
locatedIn	Arctic Ocean → Arctic region → North Atlantic Ocean →
majorIndustry	fishing → hunting → tourism →
naturalFeature	Greenland ice sheet → fjords → glaciers →
naturalResource	fish → minerals →
neighboringCountryAcrossSea	Canada → Iceland → Norway →
officialLanguage	Danish → English → Greenlandic →
partOf	Kingdom of Denmark →
population	about 56000 →
populationDensity	one of the lowest in the world →
selfGovernment	Home Rule established 1979 → Self-Government Act implemented 2009 →
sovereignState	Denmark →
timeZone	UTC+00:00 → UTC−01:00 → UTC−03:00 → UTC−04:00 →
topLevelDomain	.gl →

Referenced by (129)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brattahlid → Danish krone → Greenland ice cap crossing → Gunnbjørn Fjeld → Hvalsey → Inatsisartut → Inuktun → Kalaallisut → Melville Bay → Northeast Greenland National Park → Nuuk → Roman Catholic bishopric of Gardar → Western Settlement →	country
Brattahlid ("Southern Greenland") → Caledonian orogeny → Gardar → Greenlandic Norse ("Southwestern Greenland") → Inatsisartut → Melville Bay → Nuuk → Western Settlement → Western Settlement ("Norse Greenland") →	locatedIn
Danish language → Eskimo–Aleut languages → Faroese language → Kalaallisut → Norse → North Germanic languages →	spokenIn
Arctic Ocean → Davis Strait → Iceland Sea → Labrador Sea → Lincoln Sea →	borderedBy
Danish colonial empire → Greenland and Svalbard → Nordic → North Atlantic area →	hasPart
Baffin Bay → Denmark Strait → Iceland Sea → Labrador Sea →	locatedBetween
Davis Strait → Denmark Strait → Fram Strait →	separates
Gakkel Ridge → Jan Mayen Ridge →	countryOffshoreFrom
Arctic Council → Nordic countries →	hasMember
New World → Western Hemisphere →	includes
Christianization of Scandinavia → Thule Inuit →	mainRegion
Eastern Settlement → Gardar →	modernCountry
Danish Armed Forces → Royal Danish Air Force ("Greenland airspace") →	operatesIn
Haredi Jews → Yemenite Jews →	populationCenter
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → Danish krone →	usedIn
Iceland Sea →	adjacentToExclusiveEconomicZoneOf
Labrador Sea →	basinCountry
Greenland Sea →	borders
Norwegian Sea →	bordersCountry
Beaufort Gyre →	boundedBy
Atlantic puffin →	breedsIn
Nuuk →	capitalOf
Gardar ("Norse Greenland") →	civilization
Europe and North America →	containsWorldHeritageSiteIn
Baffin Bay →	countryBorder
Denmark Strait →	countryOnNorthernShore
Davis Strait →	countryOnShore
Fram Strait →	countryOnWesternSide
Molloy Deep →	countryProximity
Greenlandic Norse →	ethnicGroupOf
Erik the Red →	explored
Vikings →	exploredRegion
Jan Mayen Ridge →	extendsBetween
Caledonian fault system →	extendsTo
Frozen Planet →	filmingLocation
Old Red Sandstone →	foundInRegion
Greenlandian ("central Greenland") →	GSSPRegion
Nordic Americans →	hasAncestralOrigin
Lincoln Sea →	hasBasinCountry
North America →	hasCountry
North America ("Greenland (Denmark)") →	hasDependency
Radical Reformation →	hasMainRegion
Denmark →	hasOverseasTerritory
Ultras of North America →	hasRegion
Inuit Circumpolar Council →	hasRegionServed
Folketing →	hasSeatsForConstituency
Roman Catholic bishopric of Gardar ("Norse Greenland") →	historicalRegion
Denmark–Norway →	includedTerritory
Arctic drainage basin →	includesCountryTerritoryOf
Kalmar Union →	includesTerritory
Inuit →	inhabits
Gunnbjørn Fjeld →	isHighestPointOf
Nuuk →	isLargestCityOf
Atlantic Time Zone →	isUsedInCountry
Atlantic Time Zone →	isUsedInTerritory
Inatsisartut →	jurisdiction
Danish krone →	legalTenderIn
Lincoln Sea →	locatedNorthOf
Eastern Settlement →	locatedOn
Melville Bay →	locatedOnCoastOf
Western Hemisphere →	majorLandmasses
Nordic Council →	member
Erik the Red →	migratedTo
Faroese language →	minorityLanguageIn
Frederik X of Denmark →	monarchOf
Erik the Red →	named
Greenlandian →	namedAfter
Greenland ("Greenland ice sheet") →	naturalFeature
Ellesmere Island →	nearestLargeIsland
North American time zones →	observedInCountry
Kalaallisut →	officialLanguageOf
Danish language →	officialStatusIn
Norse voyages to North America →	origin
Eastern Settlement ("Norse Greenland") →	partOf
Arctic Circle →	passesThrough
Erik the Red →	placeOfDeath
Eskimo–Aleut languages →	recognizedIn
North American Aerospace Defense Command →	regionServed
New Guinea →	secondLargestIslandAfter
Norse sagas →	settingLocation
Vikings →	settledRegion
Danish colonial empire →	successor
North American Plate →	underlies
Midnight Sun →	visibleInCountry