Show M greenland the danish colony of greenland is the largest island in the world with a total of square miles it is almost as large as the united states east of the mississippi the distance from the southernmost part to the northernmost part of the island is about 1647 miles the distance from st johns newfoundland to godthaab greenland is 1420 miles the population of greenland is approximately fishing and hunting are the principal and almost only occupations of most green landers food clothing and export products principally codfish and whale and seal blubber are obtained from the sea the most important industry is the mining of cryn a mineral used principally as a flux in the manufacture of aluminum the only known deposit of this mineral in the world is located at in southwest greenland |