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11 Fresh Facts About Greenland
« on: January 13, 2025, 11:30:40 pm »

11 Fresh Facts About Greenland

Mental Floss
By Julie Fogerson
Jan 11, 2025

Greenland is the world’s largest island, but it’s not as big the Mercator map would have us believe. The widely reproduced map, created in 1569, suggests Greenland is roughly the same size as Africa when that continent is nearly 14 times larger. The ice-covered island is actually about a third of the size of Australia and a quarter of the size of the United States.

Greenland lies north and south of the Arctic Circle and about 500 miles from the North Pole. Its closest neighboring country is Canada (it’s 16 miles from Canada’s Ellesmere Island). Currently, you can fly to Greenland only from Iceland (its nearest European neighbor) and Denmark—but that will change as Greenland’s second international airport, which opened in November 2024 in Nuuk, begins accepting flights from Canada and the U.S.

Read on for more about Greenland's captivating contrasts and fascinating features.

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