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# As for the suggestion that Trump's mania for Greenland stems from his ignorance of the Mercator projection, and that he therefore believes Greenland to be even larger than America, as it appears on ordinary maps, it should be noted that, of course…
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/kasatelno-predpolozheniia-chto-maniia-trampa-otnositelno-grenlandii-sviazana-s-tem-chto-on-ne-znaet-o-proektsii-merkatora-i-potomu-schitaet-chto-grenlandiia-dazhe-bolshe-ameriki-kak-eio/
- Published: 2026-01-15T18:37:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:27:20.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Geography, Maps, Observations, Society

In fact, Greenland, which on the map looks commensurate with America, has an area 12 times smaller than that of North America and almost 5 times smaller than that of the United States. The habitable parts of Greenland are the narrow coastal strips free of ice, which make up about 15-16% of its territory.