Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told CNN host Dana Bash on Monday that he thinks average middle Americans cannot find the country of Greenland on a map.

Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland 's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...

Greenland's 2009 self-rule law, "establishes basically a road map for independence", he said.

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., declared on CNN Monday that the average middle American probably has no idea where Greenland is on a world map. Appearing on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Coons made the ...

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...

Greenland's 2009 self-rule law, "establishes basically a road map for independence", he said.

What To Know The southern portion of Greenland is rich in a number of minerals, including widely used metals and several deposits of rare earths (in red on the above map). According to a 2023 ...

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It's Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, one of America's closest allies. "I love maps," Trump once explained. "And I always said: 'Look at the size of this. It's massive.

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...