The figurative use of cradle is
used to mean "the place or region in which anything is nurtured or
sheltered in its earlier stage" – such that the term cradle of civilization means the place where
civilization was first nurtured and sheltered is true.
<span>Submerged basaltic volcanoes that are higher than 1 km
are called seamounts, letter D. They are underwater mountain formed by volcanic
activity. They do not reach the sea level and is not considered an island. </span>
Fishing is the leading industry in Greenland.