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How many square kilometers is Greenland’s ice sheet?

1,710,000 square kilometers

Background

Greenland's ice sheet covers about 1,710,000 square kilometers. It blankets 80 percent of the island. In places the ice is more than three kilometers thick. It holds ten percent of the world's fresh water.

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