It's certainly not a small island: It's about three times the size of Texas. But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than ...

Greenland is the world’s 12th-largest country, covering more than 2.16 million square kilometers (836,330 square miles). About 80% of that territory is covered by ice. Head of State: King ...

Five of the six parties favour Greenland's independence from Denmark, differing only on how quickly that should come about.

Public school pupils are seen inside their classrooms next to the large icebergs in the city of Ilulissat, Greenland, Feb. 19 ...

The first reason is its size and its location. Greenland is enormous. It’s the largest island in the world. It has only 56,000 people. But it’s this gigantic space. And it’s located in a ...

When President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last week, people in Greenland listened very closely. Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, is holding a general ...

Greenland is massive — about one-fifth the size of the United States or three times the size of Texas. Its land mass is in North America, and its Arctic capital city is closer to New York than ...

A view shows the city of Nuuk, Greenland, February 9, 2025. Greenland is still pretty big. Depending on how you define its political status, it's around the 12th largest nation in the world.