!!!Greenland: Geography ||Location|Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada ||Geographic Coordinates|72 00 N, 40 00 W[{GoogleMap location='72.0,-40.0' zoom='4'}] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|44,087 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Gunnbjorn Fjeld 3,700 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast ||Natural Hazards|continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island ||Natural Resource|coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium, tantalite, uranium, fish, seals, whales, hydropower, possible oil and gas ||Land Use|''arable land: ''0%\\''permanent crops: ''0%\\''other: ''100% (2011) ||Climate|arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters ||Irrigated Land|NA ||Renewable Water Resources|NA ||Environment_CurrentIssues|protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting ||Environment - international agreements|NA ||Large Cities| ||Geography-note|dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast; close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap