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72 00 N, 40 00 W
Regional Information

Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada

Capital City

Nuuk (Godthab)
Regional Relationships

managed dispute between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting

International Agreements

N/A
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English
Climate

Arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters