- Greenland is the world's largest island, larger than
France, Germany, the UK, Spain and Italy combined
- Greenland is host to the second largest ice mass on the
planet, covering 82% of the island
- Area of all ice in Greenland: 1.8×106 km2
- Volume of the ice sheet: 3.0×106 km3
- Mass of the ice sheet: 2.7×1018 kg
- Maximum ice sheet elevation: 3275 m
- Maximum ice sheet thickness: 3367 m
- Lowest elevation of the ice sheet bed: -555 m
- Age of the ice sheet: ~2.4 million years
- Potential global sea level rise contribution of the ice
sheet: 7.4 m
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