| | Geographic Coordinates: | 72 00 N, 40 00 W | | Location: | Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada | | 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.) | | Area - comparative: | slightly more than three times the size of Texas | | Land boundaries: | 0 km | | Coastline: | 44,087 km | | Terrain: | flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m | | Capital: | name: Nuuk (Godthab)
geographic coordinates: 64 11 N, 51 44 W
time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
note: Greenland is divided into four time zones |
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