What is the largest island in the world?

Greenland is the largest island in the world, with an area of 2 166086 square kilometers. It is located in the northeast of North America, between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and the coastline of Greenland is more than 35,000 kilometers.

Greenland has a typical frigid climate, with severe cold all year round. The summer temperature in coastal areas is above zero, and the inland areas are frozen all year round. Greenland is the territory of Denmark, 88% of its residents are Inuit, 12% are of European descent, mainly Danish immigrants.

The pillar industry of Greenland is shrimp farming, and its economy is heavily dependent on the export of fishery and fishery products, accounting for 80% of the export value. Greenland is also rich in mineral resources, such as coal, zinc, copper and iron ore, as well as high-quality iron ore, rich rare earth, uranium resources, rubies and gold mines.

Due to global warming, Greenland's glaciers have also begun to melt, which has a certain impact on the ecological environment, but it is beneficial to Greenland's resource development and economic development.

In order to protect the ecological environment, Denmark has built a national park in the northeast of Greenland, namely the Northeast Greenland National Park. There are many rare landforms and landforms in the park. There will be polar nights in winter for nearly five months, and the average temperature in summer is only 4.4 degrees Celsius. It is also a paradise for hardy animals and birds.