Many explorers were looking for one place and ended up in another (looking at you, Christopher Columbus).
Now we have Google Maps, there’s little excuse in 2026 for mixing up two places — especially if you are looking to, literally, take one of them for yourself.
But that didn’t stop U.S. President Donald Trump appearing to repeatedly confuse Greenland with Iceland in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.
Do you know the difference between Iceland and Greenland? Take our quiz and find out.