Greenland

Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, "The Land of the Greenlanders (Kalaallit)"; Danish: Gr?nland) is a self-governed Danish territory. An Arctic island nation located in North America by geography, culture and demographics, Greenland is part of Europe politically. The Atlantic Ocean and Iceland lie to Greenland's Southeast; the Greenland Sea to the East; the Arctic Ocean to the North; Baffin Bay and Canada to the West. Greenland is the world's largest island, and is the largest dependent territory by area in the world. About 81 percent of its surface is covered by ice, known as the Greenlandic ice cap.

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Greenland was one of the Norwegian Crown colonies until 1815, when it formally became a Danish colony, although Norway and Denmark had been in a personal union for centuries. Greenland became an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1953. It was granted home rule (hjemmestyre) by the Folketing (Danish parliament) on May 1 1979. The law went into effect the following year. The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, remains Greenland's Head of state.

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Arctic: The Arctic is the area around the Earth's North Pole. The Arctic includes parts of Russia, Alaska (United States), Canada, Greenland (a territory of Denmark), Iceland, and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, and Finland), as well as the Arctic Ocean....

Greenland related Images and Photos (experimental)

Greenland Cyr Falcons	Disko Bay Greenland	Greenland Whale Book Illustration Engraved by William Home Lizars	Icebergs Disko Bay Greenland
Icelandic Seamen Discover Greenland	A Huge Icberg in Greenland	Eric the Red Sails to Greenland 983	An Iceberg Floats in the Bay in Kulusuk Greenland Near the Arctic Circle Tuesday Aug 16 2005
Whale Diving into an Ocean Greenland	Arctic Explorer Robert Peary Meeting the Relief Expedition on the Greenland Ice-Cap August 5 1892	An Iceberg in a Calm Sea by Greenland	An Unusually Shaped Iceberg with Arch Disko Bay Ilulissat Greenland