Greenland Google Maps

Greenland

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Greenland (GL). Explore satellite imagery of Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland, on the Google Maps of Arctic Region below.

Greenland (GPS: 72 00 N, 40 00 W) is located in Northern North America, an island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada. The country’s area measurements are total: 2,166,086 sq km; land: 2,166,086 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than three times the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the important features of Greenland: Dominates the North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe. Sparse population confined to small settlements along the coast. Close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk. World’s second-largest ice sheet after that of Antarctica, covering an area of 1.71 million sq km (660,000 sq mi) or about 79% of the island, and containing 2.85 million cu km (684 thousand cu mi) of ice (this is almost 7% of all of the world’s freshwater). If all this ice were converted to liquid water, one estimate would be sufficient to raise the world’s oceans’ height by 7.2 m (24 ft).

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Iceland Google Maps

Iceland

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Iceland (IS). Explore satellite imagery of Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, on the Google Maps of Arctic Region below.

Iceland (GPS: 65 00 N, 18 00 W) is located in Northern Europe, an island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the United Kingdom. The country’s area measurements are total: 103,000 sq km; land: 100,250 sq km, water: 2,750 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Pennsylvania, about the same size like Kentucky. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the important features of Iceland: Strategic location between Greenland and Europe. Westernmost European country. Reykjavik is the northernmost national capital in the world. Glaciers cover more land than in all of continental Europe.

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Svalbard Google Maps

Svalbard

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Svalbard (SV). Explore satellite imagery of Longyearbyen, the capital city of Svalbard, on the Google Maps of Arctic Region below.

Svalbard (GPS: 78 00 N, 20 00 E) is located in Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and the Norwegian Sea, north of Norway. The country’s area measurements are total: 62,045 sq km; land: 62,045 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than West Virginia. The total irrigated land is N/A.

One of the important features of Svalbard: Northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. It consists of nine main islands. Glaciers and snowfields cover 60% of the total area. Spitsbergen Island is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault site, a seed repository established by the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Norwegian Government.

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