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Qaasuitsup

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Qaasuitsup (Greenlandic: Place of Polar Darkness) was a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2017. [1]

78 relations: Aappilattoq, Avannaata, Aasiaat, Administrative divisions of Greenland, Akunnaaq, Antártica (commune), Attu, Greenland, Avannaata, Baffin Bay, Baffin Island, Canada, Denmark, Disko Bay, Ellesmere Island, France, Greenland, Greenland ice sheet, Greenlandic language, Hans Island, Iginniarfik, Ikamiut, Ikerasaarsuk, Ikerasak, Ilimanaq, Illorsuit, Ilulissat, Ilulissat Icefjord, Innaarsuit, Inuktun, Kangaatsiaq, Kangerluk, Kangersuatsiaq, KANUKOKA, Kitsissuarsuit, Kullorsuaq, List of country calling codes, List of regions of Nunavut, Melville Bay, Meridian (geography), Municipality, Naajaat, Nares Strait, Niaqornaarsuk, Niaqornat, Northeast Greenland National Park, Nunavut, Nutaarmiut, Nuugaatsiaq, Nuussuaq, Oqaatsut, Qaanaaq, ..., Qaanaaq Municipality, Qaarsut, Qasigiannguit, Qeqertalik, Qeqertaq, Qeqertarsuaq, Qeqertat, Qeqqata, Saattut, Saqqaq, Savissivik, Sermersooq, Siorapaluk, Siumut, Statistics Greenland, Tasiusaq, Avannaata, Telephone numbers in Greenland, The World Factbook, Tussaaq Island, Ukkusissat, Upernavik, Upernavik Archipelago, Upernavik Kujalleq, Upernavik Municipality, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00, Uummannaq, 45th meridian west. Expand index (28 more) »

Aappilattoq, Avannaata

Aappilattoq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on an island of the same name in the southern part of Upernavik Archipelago.

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Aasiaat

Aasiaat or Ausiait, formerly Egedesminde, is a town in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago at the southern end of Disko Bay.

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Administrative divisions of Greenland

Greenland is divided into five municipalities Avannaata, Kujalleq, Qeqertalik, Qeqqata, and Sermersooq as well as the large Northeast Greenland National Park which is unincorporated.

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Akunnaaq

Akunnaaq (old spelling: Akúnâk) is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland.

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Antártica (commune)

Antártica is a Chilean commune in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, which covers all the Chilean Antarctic Territory, the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile.

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Attu, Greenland

Attu is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located on a small island on the shores of Davis Strait.

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Avannaata

Avannaata is a new municipality of Greenland created January 1, 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality.

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Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Avannaata Imaa; Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Baffin Island

Baffin Island (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ, Qikiqtaaluk, Île de Baffin or Terre de Baffin), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Disko Bay

Disko Bay (Qeqertarsuup tunua; DiskobugtenChristensen, N.O. & al. "". Arctic Circular, Vol. 4 (1951), pp. 83–85. Op. cit. "Northern News". Arctic, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar 1952), pp. 58–59.) is a bay on the western coast of Greenland.

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Ellesmere Island

Ellesmere Island (Inuit: Umingmak Nuna, meaning "land of muskoxen"; Île d'Ellesmere) is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Greenland ice sheet

The Greenland ice sheet (Grønlands indlandsis, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering, roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland.

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Greenlandic language

Greenlandic is an Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by about 56,000 Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland.

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Hans Island

Hans Island (Greenlandic: Tartupaluk; Inuktitut: ᑕᕐᑐᐸᓗᒃ; Île Hans; Hans Ø) is a small, uninhabited barren knoll measuring, long and wide, located in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait—the strait that separates Ellesmere Island from northern Greenland and connects Baffin Bay with the Lincoln Sea.

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Iginniarfik

Iginniarfik is a village in the municipality of Qeqertalik, in western Greenland.

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Ikamiut

Ikamiut is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located on a small island in the Aasiaat Archipelago on the southern shores of Disko Bay.

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Ikerasaarsuk

Ikerasaarsuk is a village in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland.

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Ikerasak

Ikerasak is a village in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland.

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Ilimanaq

Ilimanaq, formerly Claushavn, is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland.

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Illorsuit

Illorsuit (old spelling: Igdlorssuit) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in western Greenland.

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Ilulissat

Ilulissat, formerly Jakobshavn or Jacobshaven, is the municipal seat and largest town of the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland, located approximately north of the Arctic Circle.

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Ilulissat Icefjord

Ilulissat Icefjord (Ilulissat Kangerlua) is a fjord in western Greenland.

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Innaarsuit

Innaarsuit (old spelling: Ivnârssuit) is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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Inuktun

Inuktun (Polar Eskimo, avanersuarmiutut, nordgrønlandsk, polareskimoisk, thulesproget) is the language of approximately 1,000 indigenous Inughuit, inhabiting the world's northernmost settlements in Qaanaaq and the surrounding villages in northwestern Greenland.

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Kangaatsiaq

Kangaatsiaq (old spelling: Kangâtsiaq) is a town located at the northern end of the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland.

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Kangerluk

Kangerluk (old spelling: Kangerdluk), also called Diskofjord, is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in western Greenland, located on the southwestern shore of Disko Island.

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Kangersuatsiaq

Kangersuatsiaq (old spelling: Kangerssuatsiaq), formerly Prøven, is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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KANUKOKA

KANUKOKA (Kalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiat, De Grønlandske Kommuners Landsforening) is the national association of Greenland's municipalities, led by Palle Jeremiassen.

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Kitsissuarsuit

Kitsissuarsuit (old spelling: Kitsigsuarssuit) is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland.

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Kullorsuaq

Kullorsuaq (old spelling: Kuvdlorssuaq) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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List of country calling codes

Country calling codes or country dial in codes are telephone dialing prefixes for the member countries or regions of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

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List of regions of Nunavut

The three regions of Nunavut serve as census divisions, although Statistics Canada uses the names "Baffin Region" for the Qikiqtaaluk Region and "Keewatin Region" for the Kivalliq Region.

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Melville Bay

Melville Bay (Qimusseriarsuaq), is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland.

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Meridian (geography)

A (geographical) meridian (or line of longitude) is the half of an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, terminated by the North Pole and the South Pole, connecting points of equal longitude.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single urban or administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate.

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Naajaat

Naajaat (Kalaallisut: "Seagulls") is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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Nares Strait

Nares Strait (Nares Strædet) is a waterway between Ellesmere Island and Greenland that is the northern part of Baffin Bay where it meets the Lincoln Sea.

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Niaqornaarsuk

Niaqornaarsuk is a village in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, along the northern entrance to Arfersiorfik Fjord.

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Niaqornat

Niaqornat (Kalaallisut: "head-shaped") is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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Northeast Greenland National Park

Northeast Greenland National Park (Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the largest protected land area.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (Inuktitut syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Nutaarmiut

Nutaarmiut (old spelling: Nutârmiut) is an island settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland.

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Nuugaatsiaq

Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin.

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Nuussuaq

Nuussuaq (old spelling: Nûgssuaq), formerly Kraulshavn, is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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Oqaatsut

Oqaatsut (old spelling: Oqaitsut), formerly Rodebay, is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in western Greenland.

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Qaanaaq

Qaanaaq, formerly Thule or New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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Qaanaaq Municipality

Qaanaaq Municipality was the only municipality in the county of North Greenland (Avannaa).

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Qaarsut

Qaarsut (old spelling: Kaersut) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland.

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Qasigiannguit

Qasigiannguit, formerly Christianshåb, is a town located in western Greenland on the southeastern shore of Disko Bay in the Qeqertalik municipality.

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Qeqertalik

Qeqertalik Municipality is a new municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup Municipality.

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Qeqertaq

Qeqertaq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland, located on an island off the southern shore of the Nuussuaq Peninsula in an inlet of Sullorsuaq Strait.

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Qeqertarsuaq

Qeqertarsuaq is a port and town in Qeqertalik municipality, located on the south coast of Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland.

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Qeqertat

Qeqertat is a small village in the Qaanaaq area of the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northern Greenland.

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Qeqqata

Qeqqata (Greenlandic:, The Center) is a municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009.

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Saattut

Saattut (old spelling: Sâtut) is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland.

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Saqqaq

Saqqaq (old spelling: Sarqaq) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland.

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Savissivik

Savissivik (West Greenlandic; old spelling: Savigsivik) or Havighivik (Polar Eskimo) is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland.

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Sermersooq

Sermersooq (Greenlandic:, Place of Much Ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities.

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Siorapaluk

Siorapaluk (West Greenlandic) or Hiurapaluk (Polar Eskimo) is a settlement in the Qaanaaq area of the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland.

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Siumut

Siumut (lit. Forward) is a social democratic political party in Greenland.

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Statistics Greenland

Statistics Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaanni Naatsorsueqqissaartarfik, Grønlands Statistik) is a central statistical organization in Greenland, operating under the auspices of the Government of Greenland, working in cooperation with the Ministry for Finance.

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Tasiusaq, Avannaata

Tasiusaq (old spelling: Tasiussaq) is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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Telephone numbers in Greenland

Country Code: +299International Call Prefix: 00.

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The World Factbook

The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

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Tussaaq Island

Tussaaq Island is an island of Greenland.

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Ukkusissat

Ukkusissat (old spelling: Uvkusigssat) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland.

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Upernavik

Upernavik (Kalaallisut: "Springtime Place") is a small town in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name.

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Upernavik Archipelago

Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin Bay.

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Upernavik Kujalleq

Upernavik Kujalleq (old spelling: Upernavik Kujatdleq), formerly Søndre Upernavik, is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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Upernavik Municipality

Upernavik Municipality was one of the municipalities of Greenland, until 31 December 2008, when it and seven other municipalities were consolidated to form the state of Qaasuitsup.

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UTC−03:00

UTC−03:00 is a time offset that subtracts 3 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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UTC−04:00

UTC−04:00 is a time offset that subtracts 4 hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Uummannaq

Uummannaq is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland.

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45th meridian west

The meridian 45° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaasuitsup

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