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At about 840,000 square miles, this island near Canada is the world's largest |
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EXTREME GEOGRAPHY |
2016-11-17 |
#7404 |
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A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island |
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CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? |
2010-02-08 |
#5851 |
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This island's Cape Morris Jesup is about 500 miles from the North Pole |
Greenland
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$1,600 |
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GEOGRAPHY |
2006-01-17 |
#4917 |
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Mercator's 1569 map projection makes this island (840,000 sq. mi.) look bigger than Africa (11-1/2 million sq. mi.) |
Greenland
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$800 |
DJ |
ON THE MAP |
2005-05-12 |
#4774 |
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Cape Morris Jesup in the Arctic is the most northerly point on this Danish island |
Greenland
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GEOGRAPHY |
1997-01-03 |
#2845 |
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About 2/3 of this Danish island lies north of the Arctic Circle |
Greenland
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$200 |
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THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE |
1996-01-02 |
#2612 |
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Founded in 1721, Godthaab is the largest & oldest settlement on this Danish island |
Greenland
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$200 |
J |
GEOGRAPHY |
1995-04-25 |
#2462 |
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Cape Farewell is the southernmost point on this Danish island in the North Atlantic |
Greenland
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$400 |
J |
GEOGRAPHY |
1995-03-24 |
#2440 |
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A 1951 agreement with Denmark gave the U.S. rights to military bases on this island |
Greenland
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$300 |
J |
COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY |
1994-10-27 |
#2334 |
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Peary Land, one of the world's northernmost land regions, is a large, ice-free part of this island |
Greenland
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$300 |
J |
COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY |
1992-11-23 |
#1891 |
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The U.S. has a base at Thule on this large island |
Greenland
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$500 |
J |
GEOGRAPHY |
1991-01-14 |
#1471 |
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Only Antarctica has a larger ice sheet than this island |
Greenland
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$800 |
DJ |
GEOGRAPHY |
1989-11-08 |
#1193 |
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If the icecap on this largest island in the world melted, world sea levels would rise about 20 feet |
Greenland
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$200 |
J |
GEOGRAPHY |
1989-05-03 |
#1088 |
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Viking explorers gave this island its name, not because they were color blind, but to attract settlers |
Greenland
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$400 |
J |
GEOGRAPHY |
1989-02-22 |
#1038 |
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Cape Morris Jesup , northernmost point of North America, is part of this huge island |
Greenland
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$100 |
J |
THE CONTINENTS |
1986-09-25 |
#469 |
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Contrary to name, this world's largest island is primarily icecap |
Greenland
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$100 |
J |
COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY |
1984-11-28 |
#58 |