Geography of Greenland
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Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. The territory comprises the island of Greenland—the largest island in the worl
Retreat of the Helheim Glacier, Greenland
The fractal coastline of eastern Greenland, with its many fjords
An enlargeable satellite composite image of Greenland
Sermeq Kujatdlek Glacier on Greenland's west coast
Greenland ice sheet
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The Greenland ice sheet is an ice sheet which forms the second-largest body of ice in the world. It is an average of 1,673 m thick and over 3,488 m thick at its maximum. It is almost 2,900 kilometres
Greenland ice sheet as seen from space
The pattern of ice flows at the Greenland ice sheet, with arrows pointing to outlet glaciers where ice calving occurs
Glaciologist at work
Until 2007, rate of decrease in ice sheet height in cm per year