Map of Greenland with regions and capitals

Regions of Greenland and their capitals

The map shows 6 regions: the municipalities of Kujalleq, Qeqqata, Sermersooq and Qaasuitsup, plus two areas outside any municipality, Northeast Greenland National Park and the Pituffik area around the U.S. space base. Qaasuitsup was split into Avannaata and Qeqertalik in 2018.

Population from Wikidata (latest figure available for each region).

Blank and coloring maps of Greenland

Blank map of Greenland

Coloring map of Greenland

Geography of Greenland

An ice sheet covers about four-fifths of Greenland's 2,166,086 km² (836,330 sq mi). It is the second-largest body of ice on Earth after the Antarctic ice sheet, and in places it is more than 3 km (1.9 mi) thick. Only a coastal strip is free of ice, cut by deep fjords and lined with mountains. The highest point, Gunnbjørn Fjeld at 3,694 m (12,119 ft), rises in the Watkins Range on the east coast. Fast-moving glaciers such as Sermeq Kujalleq near Ilulissat carry ice to the sea, where it breaks off as icebergs.

Rivers in Greenland are mostly meltwater streams that flow from the edge of the ice in summer, such as the Watson River near Kangerlussuaq. Almost all of the roughly 56,600 people (2023) live along the southwest and west coasts, where Nuuk, the capital, sits at the mouth of a large fjord system. The far north and east are nearly empty, and much of the northeast is protected as Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park in the world. The climate is arctic, with long, dark winters, cool summers and the midnight sun north of the Arctic Circle.

Fun facts

• Greenland looks huge on many world maps because the Mercator projection stretches areas near the poles, but Africa is actually about 14 times larger.
• Since a 2022 agreement between Denmark and Canada, tiny Hans Island in the Nares Strait is split between Greenland and Canada, giving Greenland its only land border.