Place details
Place nameGreenland
Other namesGrönland, Kalaallit Nunaat, Kalâdlit-Nunât, Grønland, Groenlândia, Groenland, Groenlandia, GRL, GL00, GL, ISO304, Christianshaab, Christianshåb, Qasigiannguit
Latitude72
Longitude-40
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Largest island in world, mostly covered by ice sheet; Aleut settlement began 3000 BCe; Sarqaq (1400 BCE) and Dorset (700 BCE) cultures developed; Norwegian (Icelander) Erik the Red settled in 982; bishop's seat established 1125; resettled by Danes 18th century; spoken languages are Danish, Danis, and Aleut (Greenlandic) dialects.
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