Greenland
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Greenland
Official name: | Greenland |
Capital: | Nuuk (Godthab) |
Area: | total: 2,166,086 sq km land: 2,166,086 sq km (410,449 sq km ice-free, 1,755,637 sq km ice-covered) (est.) |
Climate: | arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters |
Location: | Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada |
Geographic coordinates: | 72 00 N, 40 00 W |
Comparative Area: | slightly more than three times the size of Texas |
Land boundaries: | 0 km |
Coastline: | 44,087 km |
Terrain: | flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Gunnbjorn 3,700 m |
Map of Greenland