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is towards the north of the Arctic Circle. The island is surrounded by

the Greenland Sea in the north-east, Denmark Strait in the south-east,
Davis Strait in the south-west, Baffin Bay in the north-west, and the

Arctic Ocean in the north. Nuuk (earlier Godthaab) is the capital city.

Physical Features

Greenland is a low plateau surrounded

by mountains along the coastal areas.
Except the coastal areas, the island remains

permanently under snow and ice throughout
the year. The thickness of the ice is about

1500 metres. The ice cover on the island Iceberg in Greenland
is called the ice-cap. It looks as if the land

is white in colour.

Numbers of glaciers originate from this region. Sometimes, very large

blocks of ice break away and slide down into the sea as icebergs.

The Tundra region

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