Greenland coast

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The Greenland coast is the extensive, rugged shoreline of Greenland characterized by fjords, glaciers, and ice-choked waters along the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastline
geographical feature
adjacentTo Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector)
surface form: Greenland Ice Sheet
borders Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Denmark Strait
Greenland Sea
Labrador Sea
Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
continent North America
country Greenland
hasCharacteristic fjords
glaciers
ice-choked waters
icebergs
rugged shoreline
sea ice
hasCity Ilulissat
Nuuk
Qaqortoq
Sisimiut
Tasiilaq
hasClimate Arctic climate
subarctic climate
hasEcosystem Arctic marine ecosystem
hasFeature Ilulissat
surface form: Ilulissat Icefjord

Kangerlussuaq Fjord
Prince Christian Sound
Scoresby Sund region (partly)
surface form: Scoresby Sund
hasSection east coast of Greenland
north coast of Greenland
south coast of Greenland
west coast of Greenland
hasWildlife polar bear
seabirds
seals
walrus
whales
knownFor Arctic navigation hazards
calving glaciers
deep fjords
fishing grounds
marine mammals
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
partOf Denmark
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
usedFor fishing
hunting
shipping routes
tourism

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Atlantic coast hasPart Greenland coast
East Greenland Current namedAfter Greenland coast
this entity surface form: east coast of Greenland
Gunnbjørn Fjeld region Greenland coast
this entity surface form: Eastern Greenland
John Davis exploredRegion Greenland coast
English explorer John Davis explored Greenland coast
subject surface form: John Davis
West Greenland Current adjacentTo Greenland coast
this entity surface form: Greenland continental shelf
The Coast of Northeast Greenland setting Greenland coast
this entity surface form: Greenland Sea coast
Gunnbjørn Fjeldt partOf Greenland coast
subject surface form: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
this entity surface form: Greenland ice sheet coastal mountains