Greenland is an island.
Greenland is an island which Surface is 2.166. 086 km², the second island in the world after Australia.
Greenland is mostly covered by ice.
The 77% of its surface is covered with ice.
The island of Greenland belongs to Denmark and its economy is based on mining and fishing.
Greenland's borders are the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
The Atlantic Ocean borders Greenland from the South, the Greenland Sea borders the country from the east; the Arctic Ocean to the north and Baffin Bay to the west. The closest countries are Canada, west of Baffin Bay, and Iceland, separated from Greenland by the Atlantic Ocean.
