Greenland is a North American autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the Kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both territories are full citizens of Denmark. As Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union, citizens of Greenland are European Union citizens. The capital and largest city of Greenland is Nuuk. Greenland lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the world's largest island, and is the location of the northernmost area of the world – Kaffeklubben Island off the northern coast is the world's northernmost undisputed point of land, and Cape Morris Jesup on the mainland was thought to be so until the 1960s.

ग्रीनलैंड डेनमार्क राजशाही के अधीन एक स्वायत्त घटक देश है, जो आर्कटिक और अटलांटिक महासागर के बीच कनाडा आर्कटिक द्वीपसमूह के पूर्व में स्थित है। हालांकि भौगोलिक रूप से यह उत्तर अमेरिका महाद्वीप का एक हिस्सा है, लेकिन 18 वीं सदी के बाद से यूरोप से राजनीतिक रूप से जुड़ा हुआ है।