Greenland appears much larger than it actually is on most world maps, thanks to the Mercator projection, a centuries-old map ...

On most maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is about 14 times larger than ...

President Donald Trump is hoping to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory covering more than 836,000 square miles —three times the size of Texas, with about 80% covered by a massive ice cap.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greenland rarely draws global attention. But as ice melts and great powers inch closer, the world’s largest island has become a ...