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The 27 pages that link to Greenland, each with the reason it gives.

• Mercator projectionBroader topic: Its apparent size on Mercator maps greatly exceeds its area relative to equatorial regions.

• North AmericaBroader topic: It is the continent’s largest island and extends far into the Arctic.

• DenmarkBroader topic: Its self-government and vast Arctic territory extend the kingdom far beyond Europe.

• LaurasiaBroader topic: It remained attached to North America after separating from Eurasia.

• SvalbardCompared with: Its self-government and Danish constitutional relationship differ from Svalbard’s Norwegian administration.

• AcanthostegaRelated: Acanthostega fossils were discovered in East Greenland’s Devonian deposits.

• Labrador SeaRelated: Greenland bounds the Labrador Sea on the east.

• VinlandRelated: Greenland was the Norse base for voyages toward Vinland.

• Erik the RedBroader topic: Erik explored and settled its southwestern coast after leaving Iceland.

• Gerardus MercatorBroader topic: On Mercator maps, Greenland appears far larger relative to Africa than its true area warrants.

• Nordic CouncilBroader topic: Greenland’s representatives give the territory a distinct voice in Nordic cooperation.

• World mapCompared with: On Mercator world maps, Greenland appears far larger relative to Africa than its true area warrants.

• IchthyostegaRelated: Ichthyostega fossils were discovered in Devonian rocks in eastern Greenland.

• Baffin BayRelated: Its western coast forms the bay’s eastern boundary.

• CryoliteNarrower topic: The best-known natural cryolite deposits were mined in southwestern Greenland.

• Adolf Erik NordenskiöldRelated: Nordenskiöld explored its ice sheet and led an 1883 expedition across part of it.

• Davis StraitRelated: Its western coast forms the eastern boundary of Davis Strait.

• Greenland SeaRelated: Its eastern coastline forms the western boundary of the Greenland Sea.

• Disko IslandNarrower topic: Disko Island lies off Greenland’s western coast.

• Eugenius WarmingRelated: Warming’s botanical expedition there supplied influential observations of Arctic vegetation.

• NuukNarrower topic: Nuuk is Greenland’s capital and largest city.

• IcelandCompared with: It is a much larger neighboring island, but lies across the Denmark Strait.

• Northern pintailRelated: Greenland supports a distinct breeding population of northern pintails.

• Cape Morris JesupNarrower topic: Cape Morris Jesup lies on Greenland’s far northern coast.

• Denmark StraitRelated: Its eastern coast forms the western boundary of the strait.

• João Fernandes LavradorRelated: Early charts and accounts connected North Atlantic exploration with lands near Greenland.

• Peter FreuchenNarrower topic: Its landscapes and communities shaped Freuchen’s explorations and writing.