Antarctica... or Greenland?

Choose whether each statement applies to Antarctica, Greenland, or both.

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1. Has the larger land area

Antarctica

Geenland

2. Has the hottest recorded temperature

Antarctica:18.3°C (64.9°F), Greenland: 23.6 °C (74.5 °F)

Antarctica

Greenland

3. Has penguins

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

4. Has a mountain above 4500 meter (15000 feet)

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

5. Holds more than 20% of the world's freshwater reserves

Greenland holds 10% and Antarctica almost 90%

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

6. Has Indigenous peoples

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

7. Is (partly) controlled by Denmark

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

8. Experienced temperatures below -60°C (-67°F)

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

9. Has the most time zones

Antarctica

Greenland

10. Has either the North Pole or the South Pole on its land mass

The North Pole is located in the Arctic Ocean

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

11. Has research stations of more than 15 different countries

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

12. Has the world’s largest national park

Northeast Greenland National Park

Antarctica

Greenland

13. Here you can see an aurora (a natural and colorful light show in the sky)

There are the northern lights (aurora borealis) and southern lights (aurora australis)

Antarctica

Greenland

Both

14. Was the first to be discovered by Europeans

Antarctica

Greenland

15. Is with 3775 km (2346 miles) the closest to the African mainland

The difference is less than 100 km!

Antarctica

Greenland

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2 Comments

Level 73

Apr 6, 2025

Hint for #12: Can a place with Antarctica's political status have a national park, let alone the world's largest one?

Level 65

Apr 8, 2025

Yes, technically Greenland is the only possible answer. Should I change the question?