Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat) is an unincorporated territory of the United States of America, located in the Northern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Originally a colony of Denmark, the territory was purchased by the United States in 1947 (orchestrated by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes). Due to its strategic importance during the early years of the Cold War, military development of the territory spanned throughout the 1950s. Recently the territory has been active in its mineral wealth. File:Logo.png This Russian America related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.