Time Difference
UTC-2 (3 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Time zone note: Greenland has four time zones
Travel Climate
Arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
Travel Currency
Danish krone (DKK)
Languages
Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English
Ethnic Groups
Greenlander 88% (Inuit and Greenland-born whites), Danish and others 12%
National Holiday
National Day, June 21; note - marks the summer solstice and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere
Geographic Coordinates
72 00 N, 40 00 W
Location
Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada
Airports
10