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Nature Attractions In Greenland

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Greenland is an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century, gradually settling across the island. Greenland is the world's largest island. Australia and Antarctica, although larger, are generally considered to be continental landmasses rather than islands. Three-quarters of Greenl...
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  • 1. Ilulissat Icefjord Ilulissat
    Ilulissat, formerly Jakobshavn or Jacobshaven, is the municipal seat and largest town of the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland, located approximately 350 km north of the Arctic Circle. With the population of 4,541 as of 2013, it is the third-largest city in Greenland, after Nuuk and Sisimiut. The city is home to almost as many sled-dogs as people. In direct translation, Ilulissat is the Kalaallisut word for Icebergs . The nearby Ilulissat Icefjord is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has made Ilulissat the most popular tourist destination in Greenland. Tourism is now the town's principal industry. The city neighbours the Ilulissat Icefjord, where there are enormous icebergs from the most productive glacier in the northern hemisphere.
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  • 3. Disko Island Greenland
    Disko Island is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland. It has an area of 8,578 km2 , making it the second largest island of Greenland and one of the 100 largest islands in the world. The name Qeqertarsuaq means The Large Island .
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  • 4. Sondre Stromfjord Greenland
    Søndre Strømfjord is an old Danish name for: Kangerlussuaq, a settlement in western Greenland Kangerlussuaq Fjord, a fjord in western Greenland
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  • 5. Jakobshavn Glacier Greenland
    Greenlandic: Sermeq Kujalleq, also known as Ilulissat Glacier or Jakobshavn Glacier, and the Danish: Jakobshavn Isbræ, is a large outlet glacier in West Greenland. It is located near the Greenlandic town of Ilulissat and ends at the sea in the Ilulissat Icefjord. Jakobshavn Glacier drains 6.5% of the Greenland ice sheet and produces around 10% of all Greenland icebergs. Some 35 billion tonnes of icebergs calve off and pass out of the fjord every year. Icebergs breaking from the glacier are often so large that they are too tall to float down the fjord and lie stuck on the bottom of its shallower areas, sometimes for years, until they are broken up by the force of the glacier and icebergs further up the fjord. Studied for over 250 years, the Jakobshavn Glacier has helped develop modern unde...
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