{"id":21,"date":"2025-11-16T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:16:25","slug":"greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Greenland Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Greenland&#8217;s Parliament has adopted legislation limiting foreigners&#8217; right to own property on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Greenland<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the world\u2019s largest (non-continent) island located between the continents of <\/span><b>North America and Europe in the North Atlantic Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is geographically considered a part of the <\/span><b>North American continent.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was once a Danish colony and is now an autonomous province of Denmark.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Borders of Greenland: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is surrounded by the <\/span><b>Arctic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><b>north;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>Greenland Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>the east<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; by the <\/span><b>North Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the<\/span><b> southeast; Davis Strait<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><b>southwest and Baffin Bay<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the <\/span><b>west.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nuuk<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Greenland<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Greenland is in the polar zone, where winter temperatures reach as low as -50\u00b0C and summer temperatures rarely exceed 10\u201315\u00b0C.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gunnbjorn\u2019s Fjeld<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of Coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, molybdenum, diamonds, gold, platinum, niobium.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/greenland-limits-foreigners-right-to-property\/article70281591.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenland, the largest non-continent island, is an autonomous Danish territory bordered by the Arctic Ocean, Greenland Sea, and Baffin Bay. 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