Since Greenland Belongs to Denmark, Wouldn't make denmark one of the largest countries? Why dosen't get any recognition as one of the biggest countries since Greenland is pretty big?
2007-05-24 12:48:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
If Greeland is included, then Denmark becomes the 13th biggest country in the world. Without it, Denmark is 133rd. Russia is still about 8 times larger than Denmark with Greenland included.
2007-05-24 15:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by Tim N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not compared actual arreas, but Mercator's Projection - the map type used in many atlases - distorts the area of landmasses close to the poles and makes them look bigger. On many maps Greenland looks almost as big as Australia, but if you look on a globe (the only accurate representation) you will see that Greenland is much smaller than Australia.
2007-05-24 15:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by iansand 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hmmmm...although Denmark owns Greenland, they obviously share different names. So "Greenland" might be the largest island, but "Denmark" is still that small peninsula.
2007-05-24 13:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋