Greenland sits as the world's largest island , positioned between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland.

Precise Location

Greenland lies primarily north of the Arctic Circle, with coordinates spanning latitudes 59° to 83°N and longitudes 11° to 74°W. It borders Canada via a short 1.2 km land boundary on Hans Island in Nares Strait, while Iceland rests about 200-320 miles southeast across the Denmark Strait. The island's deeply indented 24,430-mile coastline faces the Greenland Sea to the east, Baffin Bay to the west, and Lincoln Sea to the northwest.

Key Geographical Extremes

  • Northernmost point : Cape Morris Jesup at 83°39'N, once thought the world's northernmost land but edged out by Kaffeklubben Island offshore.
  • Southernmost point : Near Tasiusaq, Kujalleq at 59°58'N.
  • Easternmost : Nordostrundingen at 11°19'W; Westernmost : Cape Alexander at 73°08'W.
  • Highest peak : Gunnbjørn Fjeld, rising 3,694 meters (12,119 ft).

This vast land, over 836,000 square miles and three times Texas's size, remains an autonomous territory of Denmark, with 80% covered by the second- largest ice sheet.

Fun Map Fact

Online forums buzz about Greenland technically surrounding Iceland on maps due to its sheer scale—Iceland fits within a rectangle boxing Greenland's bounds, sparking topology jokes and distortion debates from Mercator projections.

TL;DR : Greenland anchors North America's top edge, east of Canada and west of Iceland in the North Atlantic/Arctic, as Earth's biggest island.

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