page_title: Greenland
hierarchical_section_title: Greenland
caption_attribution_description: Position: 69 59´ N 50 22´ W English: Torssukatak Fjord, Diskobay, West Greenland. Seen from 3000ft altitude. Français&#160;: Fjord Torssukatak, Diskobay, ouest du Groenland. Vue aérienne prise d'une altitude de 3000 pieds (environ 1000 m)
context_page_description: Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of the kingdom of Denmark. It is a large Arctic island. Greenland is near Iceland to the east and Canada to the west. It has a population of only 50,000 residents, because of its cold climate. Most of the civilian population lives in the southern part of the island, on the coasts. The capital of Greenland is Nuuk.
  Greenland is the world's largest island that is not a continent. The island is the least densely populated country in the world, with a density of 0.026 people per square kilometer.
  Since the 1950s, scientists think that the ice sheet that covers Greenland may hide three separate islands, which are joined by glaciers since the last geologic ice age.
  In Greenland, there are no forests. In the south, at the coastal area, only some dwarf trees are found.
context_section_description: Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of the kingdom of Denmark. It is a large Arctic island. Greenland is near Iceland to the east and Canada to the west. It has a population of only 50,000 residents, because of its cold climate. Most of the civilian population lives in the southern part of the island, on the coasts. The capital of Greenland is Nuuk. 
  Greenland is the world's largest island that is not a continent. The island is the least densely populated country in the world, with a density of 0.026 people per square kilometer. (Antarctica and uninhabited islands are not counted because they are not independent countries.)
  Since the 1950s, scientists think that the ice sheet that covers Greenland may hide three separate islands, which are joined by glaciers since the last geologic ice age.
  In Greenland, there are no forests. In the south, at the coastal area, only some dwarf trees are found.
caption: Sermeq Kujatdlek Glacier at West Coast
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