Iceland and Greenland
Iceland
Iceland is an island in Northern Europe located between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, and is northwest of the Great Britain. Its winters are long and fairly mild with summers short and cool. The landscape in Iceland is mostly plateau with some occasional mountain peaks scattered and has some bays and ice fields. In Iceland, the population contains about 94% Norse and Celts mixture, and those of foreign origin are about 6%.The main confusion is the name Iceland percieves this image that it is a place made of ice but instead is very green since it has active volcanic land.
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Greenland
Greenland is an island in Northern North America located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, and is northeast of Canada. It's climate tends to fall under the category of arctic to subarctic, therefore it receives cool summers and cold winters there. As for its landscape, Greenland contains flat to almost sloping icecap covers everywhere except its narrow, mountainous, and barren rocky coast. In Greenland 88% of the population are Inuit and the other 12% are Danish. Greenland is in fact opposite of its name as well as Iceland, where it is actually not green with grass but covered in ice and more inhabitable land than Iceland,which is why Iceland's population is greater.
Comparison of where Iceland and Greenland are located on a map:
Sources:
"Greenland." Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia. . Encyclopedia.com. 5 Oct. 2017 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
Iceland is an island in Northern Europe located between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, and is northwest of the Great Britain. Its winters are long and fairly mild with summers short and cool. The landscape in Iceland is mostly plateau with some occasional mountain peaks scattered and has some bays and ice fields. In Iceland, the population contains about 94% Norse and Celts mixture, and those of foreign origin are about 6%.The main confusion is the name Iceland percieves this image that it is a place made of ice but instead is very green since it has active volcanic land.
Greenland
Greenland is an island in Northern North America located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, and is northeast of Canada. It's climate tends to fall under the category of arctic to subarctic, therefore it receives cool summers and cold winters there. As for its landscape, Greenland contains flat to almost sloping icecap covers everywhere except its narrow, mountainous, and barren rocky coast. In Greenland 88% of the population are Inuit and the other 12% are Danish. Greenland is in fact opposite of its name as well as Iceland, where it is actually not green with grass but covered in ice and more inhabitable land than Iceland,which is why Iceland's population is greater.
Comparison of where Iceland and Greenland are located on a map:
Sources:
"Greenland." Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia. . Encyclopedia.com. 5 Oct. 2017 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
“Iceland.” Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations,
Encyclopedia.com,
www.encyclopedia.com/places/germany-scandinavia-and-central-europe/scandinavian-political-geography/iceland#LOCATION_SIZE_AND_EXTENT.
“The World Factbook: GREENLAND.” Central Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, 8 Sept. 2017, www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gl.html.
“The World Factbook: ICELAND.” Central Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, 27 Sept. 2017, www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ic.html.
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