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Is It a Lake or Is It Ice?

It's pretty ironic when you learn that although Greenland is called Greenland, it is mostly filled with ice and has very little green in the country. On the contrary, Iceland, although it is cold, is pretty green and does not contain that much ice. But getting back to Greenland, as you can see on this map, most of the country is actually a big ice lake. If you were to melt the ice, you would have a huge lake in the middle of Greeland.

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Fun fact is that Greenland was given its name by an explorer who was hoping to trick people into settling in the land by the appeal of its name.