what continent is greenland apart of?
North America
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 The name Antarctica is the romanized version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική ( antarktiké ) , feminine of ἀνταρκτικός ( antarktikos ) , meaning " opposite to the Arctic " , " opposite to the north " . 

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 Svalbard and Jan Mayen constitute two outlying areas of Norway . Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic about midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole . The group of islands ranges from 74 ° to 81 ° north latitude , and from 10 ° to 35 ° east longitude . The Svalbard Treaty of 1920 recognizes Norwegian sovereignty , and the 1925 Svalbard Act established administration by the appointed Governor of Svalbard . Jan Mayen is a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean located at the border of the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea . Since 1994 , the island has been administrated by the County Governor of Nordland , with some authority delegated to the station commander . 

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 The range includes the territory of five nations : Denmark ( Greenland ) , Norway ( Svalbard ) , Russia , the United States ( Alaska ) and Canada . These five nations are the signatories of the International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears , which mandates cooperation on research and conservation efforts throughout the polar bear 's range . 

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 In Greenland a peninsula was named Thorland and a fjord Thor Fjord and in Canada a mountain , Mount Thor in Baffin Island . There is also a Mount Thor in Alaska and another Mount Thor in Antarctica , as well as Thor ( volcano ) , on Jupiter 's moon Io . 

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 The Archean rocks forming the Nain province of northeastern Canada and Greenland are separated from the Superior terrane by a narrow band of remobilized rocks . Greenland separated from North America less than 100 million years ago and its Precambrian terranes align with Canada 's on the opposite side of Baffin Bay . The southern tip of Greenland is part of the Nain Province , this means it was connected to North America at the end of the Kenoran orogen . 
