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Eastern Greenland
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Greenland
Greenland
( ; ) is an
autonomous
country
within the
Danish Realm
, located between the
Arctic
and Atlantic Oceans, east of the
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
. Though
physiographically
a part of the
continent
of
North America
, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the
colonial powers
, as well as the nearby island of
Iceland
) for more than a
millennium
. In 2008, the people of Greenland passed a
referendum supporting greater autonomy
; 75% of votes cast were in favour. Greenland is the
world's largest island
, over three-quarters of which is covered by the only permanent
ice sheet
outside of
Antarctica
. With a population of about 56,480 (2013), it is the
least densely populated country
in the world.
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