Greenland elevation
On our site we have elevation data and maps for 13 cities from Greenland including Nuuk as capital of the country.
Greenland on topographic map
Greenland elevation extremes
Land surface elevation extremes in Greenland:
- Highest point in Greenland: Gunnbjørn Fjeld with 3700 meters (=12139 ft)
- Lowest point: Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean with 0 meters (=0 ft)
- Elevation span: 3700 m (=12139 ft)
Statistics
- Main average elevation: 1792 meters (= 5879 ft)
- Average elevation of cities: 16 m (= 52 ft), and this is 380 m (1247 ft) below average city elevation worldwide..[1]
- Area: 2,166,086 km² (= 836,330 sq mi)
- Population: 56,375
Greenland has no neighboring country
List of cities in ABC order:
Search by letter:
A I M N P Q S T U
A:
Aasiaat
I:
Ilulissat
M:
Maniitsoq
N:
Nanortalik Narsaq Nuuk
P:
Paamiut
Q:
Qaqortoq Qasigiannguit
S:
Sisimiut
T:
Tasiilaq
U:
Upernavik Uummannaq
2 most populated cities are in red/bold font style.
A:
Aasiaat
I:
Ilulissat
M:
Maniitsoq
N:
Nanortalik Narsaq Nuuk
P:
Paamiut
Q:
Qaqortoq Qasigiannguit
S:
Sisimiut
T:
Tasiilaq
U:
Upernavik Uummannaq
Sources
- Elevation extremes by country from wikipedia.
- Base map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, | map style: © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)
- [1] Calculated only from 13 cities in our database
- Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
- Min/max latitude and longitude coordinates per country from latitudelongitude.org website.