this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it be Iceland? Or is that for the ice part of that region? Or is it the other way round.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Other way around, iceland is the small island next to it, and Greenland is the big frozen mass labelled canada here.

here have a picture

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok who is responsible for naming this? I need to know

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've always remembered it like this:

Greenland is icy, Iceland is green.