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Greenland Native name: Grønland Kalaallit Nunaat Outline map of Greenland with ice sheet depths. (Much of the area in green has permanent snow cover, but less than 10m (33ft) thick.) Geography Location Between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean Coordinates 64°10′N 51°43′W / 64.167°N 51.717°W / 64.167; -51.717 Area 2,166,086 km 2 (836,330 sq mi) Area rank 1st ...
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In the 2010s, the Greenland ice sheet melted at its fastest rate during at least the past 12,000 years, and is on track to exceed that later in the century. [108] In 2012, 2019 and 2021, so-called "massive melting events" occurred, when practically the entire surface of the ice sheet was melting and no accumulation took place.
Köppen–Geiger climate classification map at 1-km resolution for Greenland 1991–2020 Retreat of the Helheim Glacier, Greenland Map of Greenland's rate of change in ice sheet height Map of Greenland bedrock. Greenland's climate is a tundra climate (Köppen ET) on and near the coasts and an ice cap climate (Köppen EF) in inland areas. It ...
Renland is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality. Despite its proximity to the coast Renland has an ice cap climate with bitterly cold winters and very low maximum temperatures in the summer. [2] Renland was named after the reindeer which were found formerly in the area, but disappeared around the early ...
Rink Glacier, west Greenland NASA picture of the southern part of Romer Lake with the Elephant Foot Glacier. This is a list of glaciers in Greenland. Details on the size and flow of some of the major Greenlandic glaciers are listed by Eric Rignot and Pannir Kanagaratnam (2006) Ice sheets and caps Greenland Ice Sheet Ad Astra Ice Cap Christian Erichsen Ice Cap Flade Isblink Geikie Plateau ...
The geology of Greenland is dominated by crystalline rocks of the Precambrian Shield. [1] The crystalline rocks of the Nuuk/Qeqertarsuatsiaat area comprise some of the oldest bedrock in Greenland which covers most of western Greenland. The surface has been altered several times and has an appearance as though it were shaped billions of years ago.
Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland: [1] [2] ... Ammassalik wooden maps; List of glaciers in Greenland; References