Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on a world map. Appearing on CNN’s "Inside Politics," Coons made the ...

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. Advertisement In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual ...

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on a world map. Appearing on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Coons made the ...

Mapping Greenland’s resources, population centres and US military base. Greenland covers an area about three times the size of Texas and is home to 56,000 people, mostly Greenlandic Inuits.

For instance, as you drag Greenland south on the map, its outline begins to shrink, while dragging countries closer to the equator far into the northern or southern hemisphere makes them grow.

Also crucial is Greenland’s role in a broader competition for the Arctic, spurred by climate change (see map 6). Polar sea routes are becoming easier to navigate as the ice cap melts.

On the Mercator map, Greenland territory is shown to be almost as large as Africa. However, in reality, 14 Greenlands can fit inside Africa. Why did Trump’s son visit Greenland?

It’s Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, one of America’s closest allies. “I love maps,” Trump once explained. “And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this.

Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...