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Seat of the parliament & high court, Nuuk is the capital & main seaport of this large island |
Greenland
|
$800 |
DJ |
CITIES ON ISLANDS |
2026-03-24 |
#9527 |
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Like Antarctica, this vastest island is capped by an ice sheet; it has an average thickness of about 5,000 feet |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS OF THE FAR NORTH |
2023-03-27 |
#8836 |
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Here'sthe flag of this chilly island that's more than three times the size of Texas |
Greenland
|
$800 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
2021-06-02 |
#8413 |
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With an area of about 840,000 square miles, it's the world's largest island |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
AMONG THE 10 LARGEST ISLANDS |
2020-11-09 |
#8276 |
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You can't get much more north than tiny Kaffeklubben Island, 20 miles off Cape Morris Jesup on this world's largest island |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
2018-10-15 |
#7841 |
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A tenth of the people on this big island are Danish; the other 9/10 are Inuit |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLAND HOPPING |
2018-06-18 |
#7786 |
|
Geographically, this largest island is actually part of North America |
Greenland
|
$200 |
J |
AMONG THE 10 LARGEST ISLANDS |
2016-05-12 |
#7299 |
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This Atlantic island is larger than the second-, third-& fourth-biggest islands combined |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
2014-12-01 |
#6951 |
|
Verdant field |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLAND NAMES |
2013-06-27 |
#6639 |
|
The Denmark Strait separates Iceland from this much larger island |
Greenland
|
$800 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
2001-12-26 |
#3988 |
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This island's Cape Morris Jessup, the northernmost land in the world, lies just 440 miles from the North Pole |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
2001-11-15 |
#3959 |
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The Danes call this island dependency in the north Atlantic Gronland |
Greenland
|
$100 |
J |
ISLANDS |
1998-01-07 |
#3078 |
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Over 700,000 square miles, or about 84%, of this island is covered by an icecap |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
BIG ISLANDS |
1997-11-17 |
#3041 |
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At 12,139 feet, Mount Gunnbjorn is the highest point on this, the world's largest island |
Greenland
|
$200 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1997-01-28 |
#2862 |
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This Danish island has the largest ice mass outside of Antarctica |
Greenland
|
$100 |
J |
ISLANDS |
1996-09-23 |
#2771 |
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The ice cap that covers this largest island has an average thickness of about 5,000 feet |
Greenland
|
$200 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1996-02-23 |
#2650 |
|
This island is about 50 times the size of Denmark, but has only about 1% as many people |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1995-10-27 |
#2565 |
|
In Danish this island is known as Gronland |
Greenland
|
$200 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1994-02-17 |
#2184 |
|
Traditional Eskimo settlements on this largest island are still found on its northwest coast |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1994-01-07 |
#2155 |
|
Due to its icecap, no one is sure whether this world's largest island is one island or many |
Greenland
|
$200 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1993-11-18 |
#2119 |
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The largest town on this island is Godthaab, known as Nuk in the Eskimo language |
Greenland
|
$600 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1993-04-28 |
#2003 |
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This Danish island lies about 16 miles from the Canadian island of Ellesmere |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1993-04-09 |
#1990 |
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The world's northernmost land, the 100-foot islet of Oodaaq O, belongs to this island |
Greenland
|
$1,000 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1992-07-09 |
#1829 |
|
In 1979 Denmark granted this large island home rule |
Greenland
|
$200 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1992-02-11 |
#1722 |
|
In 1951 the U.S. Air Force established a bomber base at Thule on this Danish island |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1992-01-16 |
#1704 |
|
This largest island in the world also contains the northernmost land in the world |
Greenland
|
$200 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1991-11-13 |
#1658 |
|
At one point this Danish island is only about 10 miles from Canada |
Greenland
|
$200 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1990-12-28 |
#1460 |
|
In 1953 it was declared an integral part of Denmark |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1989-01-27 |
#1020 |
|
This huge island is North America's northernmost landmass |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1987-10-28 |
#723 |
|
Though larger than Australia on Mercator projection maps, this island is really less than ⅓ the size |
Greenland
|
$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1985-09-13 |
#265 |
|
Owned by tiny Denmark, it's the world's largest island |
Greenland
|
$100 |
J |
ISLANDS |
1984-09-26 |
#13 |