Question

Where is Greenland situated? Why is the island white?

Answer 1

Hint: Greenland is situated in the continent of North America. Most of the Greenland is covered with ice, snow and glaciers. Snow gives it a white appearance. Temperature in Greenland is very low. Greenland is well known for its vast tundra and immense glaciers.

Complete answer:
The world’s largest known planet is Greenland Island. It is located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic
Ocean, north east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northwest of Iceland. Greenland is mainly
divided into five municipalities. Greenland’s three quarter part is covered by only permanent ice sheet
outside Antarctica. It is the least populated region with the population of 56,081(2020).
Temperature in the Greenland is very low, even the lowest temperature in northern hemisphere is
recorded in Greenland. It is a part of the Arctic Circle with sub zero temperature. In nukk, the average daily temperature varies over the seasons from -5.1 to $9.9^{o}C$ (23 to $50^{o}F$). The plains of the Greenland are covered with snow. The majority of its land area is covered by an ice cap which naturally makes it look white. That’s why the island looks white. A survey led by the French scientist Paul-Emile Victor in 1951 explains that, under the ice sheet, Greenland is composed of three large islands. The extreme north part Greenland, which is Peary land, is not covered by an ice sheet.

Note: Most of the towns and settlements of the Greenland are situated along the ice-free coast. The population in Greenland is concentrated mostly along the west coast. The northeast part of the Greenland has the world's largest national park that is named as Northeast Greenland national park. If the ice of Greenland melts completely, it can raise the world’s sea level by more than 7 m (23 ft.)