In comparison to South America, Greenland appears to be quite small
When you look at a globe map, Greenland appears to have the potential to overtake South America in terms of surface area. Well, we’re here to tell you that’s not the case, and this map should help you understand their relative proportions.
Let’s take a look at Greenland first. The island covers 2,166,086 square kilometers, while the continent of South America covers 17,840,000 square kilometers. That means South America is a whopping 8.2 times larger than the northern hemisphere.