Where is Greenland?

[goldentiger510]

• Greenland is located in Americas.

• Greenland is located between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. Most of the island is north of the Arctic Circle. The entire island is north of the 10°C isotherm and the arctic treeline.

• The main island of Greenland has an area of 822,700 square miles (2,130,800 square kilometers), which makes it the world's largest island.

• Politically, Greenland (and its surrounding minor islands) is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

• Geologically, Greenland is located on the North American tectonic plate, which drifts atop of the mantle in a northwesterly direction.

• The mantle hotspot responsible for forming Iceland and causing its volcanic activity was once under Greenland.

[bigcat538]

Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬit nunaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Like the Faroe Islands, it is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.