THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · 1734–1940

Greenland

Greenland appears on the map from 1734 to 1940. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1936, it covered about 2.22 million km².

See Greenland on the map in 1936

Reference map: Denmark-Greenland (orthographic projection)
Reference map: Denmark-Greenland (orthographic projection) Based2134 · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the map
1734–1940
Greatest extent
1936, about 2.22 million km²
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Wikipedia: Greenland · Wikidata Q223

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1734–173710,964 km²
1738–174010,887 km²
1741–174311,874 km²
1744–175641,085 km²
1757–176850,390 km²
1769–177163,693 km²
1772–177467,257 km²
1775–177780,787 km²
1778–178781,375 km²
1788–1804102,479 km²
1805–1829102,849 km²
1830–1845103,429 km²
1846–1855103,713 km²
1856–1884104,134 km²
1885–1894105,297 km²
1895–1907105,748 km²
1908–1910107,279 km²
1911–1914156,960 km²
1915–1921159,055 km²
1922–1923160,191 km²
1924–1925169,530 km²
1926–1935170,640 km²
1936–19392.22 million km²
19402.22 million km²