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This is because Erik the Red found it while he was banished from his home in Scandinavia for 3 years spending them traveling when he ran into green land. Since he was the first to see it he got to name it. He was very lonely there so he gave it an attractive name Greenland so people would join him.
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Supposedly, the settlers named the island "greenland" in order to entice immigrants to move there instead of moving to "Iceland" which they named to keep people from living there.
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Though it is surprising that the Vikings named this island Gronland, meaning green land, in the summer the southern coast is very green, and parts of the coast, especially the east, were even more lush a thousand years ago - many settlements packed up when the climate became colder between eight hundred and six hundred years ago.
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Why is life in Greenland very difficult?
Green is a misnomer in the name. There is a lot of ice and cold in Greenland. Actually, Iceland should be called Greenland and Greenland should be called Iceland.
What is greenland covered by?
About 80% of Greenland's land surface is covered by ice.
Why most of Greenland is covered with snow?
The Greenland ice sheet covers about 80 percent of Greenland! It's the second-biggest ice sheet in the world, after Antarctica
Why is Greenland names Greenland when it is covered in ice?
because when it has no ice its all green
Were do the Greenland shark live?
greenland ice
What percentage of land is covered by ice in Greenland?
The Greenland ice sheet covers 80 percent of the total area of land in Greenland. It is the largest island in the world.
Which countries are covered in ice all year?
Greenland is mostly covered by an ice sheet.
Why does Greenland have so few people?
because Greenland is ice-covered.
Is Greenland always covered by ice?
No, Greenland is not always covered by ice. It experiences seasonal variation in ice coverage, with the majority of the island covered by ice year-round, but in the summer months, some of the ice does melt.
What is the major industry in Greenland?
ice
Is the North Pole is in Greenland?
No, it is not in Greenland. The North Pole is a point on the Arctic ice sheet
Is Greenland a mountain?
Yes, Greenland is frozen so it has many glacier's (This is a response from the jdDictionary)
