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==The Greenland archipelago?==
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If the Greenland ice cap were to completely melt away, Greenland would most likely be an archipelago instead of an island-continent like Australia.
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==Did you know nomination==
It are not correctly, because the land wil do grow up, if weight of the ice do disappear.
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:That's probably correct but in the meantime it would be a bunch of islands (it would take centuries if not millenia for the land to rise to a "normal" level I would think). -- [[User:Stewacide|stewacide]]


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it would take 20.000 years to melt the Greenland away.
34 ok thanks 🙏 <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/59.153.0.90|59.153.0.90]] ([[User talk:59.153.0.90#top|talk]]) 10:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
and the land never rise to a "normal" level, but rise quickly in start and slovly
slow later.


== Weight of Sheet Ice Affecting Geography ==
New map of the rocky ground show as Greenland is one island today.


The claim that "the weight of the ice sheet has depressed the central land area to form a basin lying more than 300 m (980 ft) below sea level" seems to be spurious and is not supported by the more current source provided. The DK Atlas cited does mention this claim but is contradicted by the article on the [[Grand_Canyon_(Greenland)]] page, which mentions that the canyon is believed to predate the ice sheet and is corroborated by more current sources. I believe this sentence should be removed and a section should be added discussing Greenland's Grand Canyon in its place. [[User:Struckweather|Struckweather]] ([[User talk:Struckweather|talk]]) 15:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
[[User:Haabet|Haabet]] 18:43, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)


:I’ve reworded that part of the article based on 2020 articles.
: It's still a bit of a toss-up. Presumably raised sea-levels concomitant with the loss of the ice sheet would make at least some islands from parts of greenland, but one would need to see that sub-ice topographic map to know at what sea level this would break Greenland up altogether. [[Post-glacial rebound]] is, as stewacide says, not an immediate issue. Scotland is still rising from relief the weight of the [[Devensian glaciation]], which was entirely gone 10 millenia ago. -- [[User:John Fader|John Fader]] ([[User talk:John Fader|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/John Fader|''contribs'']]) 00:56, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:[https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/48/7/737/584570/Pliocene-Pleistocene-megafloods-as-a-mechanism-for GeoScienceWorld journal] which [https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/glacier-fueled-floods-gouged-greenlands-hidden-canyons/story?id=70712099 ABC News then wrote about] which should be enough to pass the WP guidelines.

:Can you read the updated version and tell me what you think? [[User:ThatGuyOnline|ThatGuyOnline]] ([[User talk:ThatGuyOnline|talk]]) 17:22, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

== STOP CHANGING IT!!!! ==
Please stop changing the new Greenland format to the old one. You can add on to it, please don't revert it.

== 'Australia Considered One' ==

''It is the world's largest island (if continents are excluded and Australia is considered one).''
Wording is vague: when I read that, I presume that Australia is to be considered an island. Anyone else struck by the same? If not, ignore the ignorance, but if so rewording may be in order. [[User:Tolo|Tolo]] 14:55, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)

*That's not the worst of it. Someone here considers Greenland a continent. Hey, Mic! Look at a map! It's part of the same island group as the Canadian Arctic Islands. Greenland is in North America, not a continent in its own right.-----------Kelisi 2005/2/4

::The first examination (by ca. 50km uncertainty) of the land under the ice say Grenland is two Isles
but many later more precise examination say its is one island. But the first result is ineradicable.

*I don't think that Australia should be excluded as being an island. Granted that "Australia" is considered a continent, but I think the continent is made up of more than one island or country (Australia, New Zealand).----------Mark, 7 April 2005

==NATO but not EU==
I think that it's worth adding that Greenland is a member of [[NATO]] but unlike Denmark, not of the [[EU]].--[[User:JBellis|JBellis]] 22:29, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)


Australia is technically not a continent on its own.

Australia is part of the continent of Australasia (now known as Oceania) which includes other island nations like New Zealand, Fiji, Soloman Islands and others aswell as mainland Australia and Tasmania.


==Greenland part of North America?==
If Greenland is part of North America then [[Cape Spear]] is not the easterly point on the continent, as some have suggested in recent debate. [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/06/29/cape-spear050629.html CBC News]

Is Greenland even counted in the total surface area of North America? --[[User:Madchester|Madchester]] June 29, 2005 15:46 (UTC)

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Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by BuySomeApples (talk) 07:22, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Created by MynameisShaun (talk). Self-nominated at 10:49, 22 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

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1+8- 34 ok thanks 🙏 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.153.0.90 (talk) 10:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weight of Sheet Ice Affecting Geography

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The claim that "the weight of the ice sheet has depressed the central land area to form a basin lying more than 300 m (980 ft) below sea level" seems to be spurious and is not supported by the more current source provided. The DK Atlas cited does mention this claim but is contradicted by the article on the Grand_Canyon_(Greenland) page, which mentions that the canyon is believed to predate the ice sheet and is corroborated by more current sources. I believe this sentence should be removed and a section should be added discussing Greenland's Grand Canyon in its place. Struckweather (talk) 15:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve reworded that part of the article based on 2020 articles.
GeoScienceWorld journal which ABC News then wrote about which should be enough to pass the WP guidelines.
Can you read the updated version and tell me what you think? ThatGuyOnline (talk) 17:22, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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