Why is Greenland mainly ice but has green in the name?

Answer 1

around the year 1,000 a viking named Erik the Redgot banished from his home in Scandinavia for killing his neighbor and after that he had to choices...be killed for killing or move for 3 years so he went with the moving he is the one who found green land so after his 3 years were up he went back to Scandinavia and told people that he found a place he called Greenland.he gave it this name because he wanted it to have an atractive name so people would go back and follow him so he wouldn't be lonely anymore...i do not know why Iceland is green i just know why Greenland is ice and these places are just oppiste and the nice story also give you knowledge of social studies!!!

Answer 2

The men who discovered Greenland did not want anyone coming over and colonizing the continent, so they switched the names in hopes that their Greenland would not be overrun by people.
because of its latitude on the earths surface,,,,, its is in the Tundra climate (in the arctic circle)

Answer 3

Primarily, Iceland is not actually green as it does have many areas with ice such as the volcano of Eyjafjallajokull. However, when the Vikings settled in Iceland, they all thought it was too cold, so some of the group went in their longships to seek new land to live on. They discovered a huge landmass that was covered in ice. Therefore to attract other people to live here, they had to first convince everyone that it was not as cold as Iceland, so they achieved this by calling the landmass Greenland.

Answer 4

Greenland is called Greenland because centuries ago the vikings named that land Greenland even though it was mostly ice and wind so they could trick their enemies into thinking it was green. And its the same thing for Iceland.