An incredibly detailed explanation of why this international nightmare came to be.

"Greenland is the world’s largest island. ... On most maps, Greenland looks enormous. That’s just a distortion caused by ...

Greenland’s position in the northern latitudes means the nation’s size and shape is prone to enormous variations in how it is portrayed on global maps.

In reality, while still being very large, it's substantially smaller than Western Australia - and not too much bigger than Queensland.