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Ittoqqortoormiit is one of the most remote towns in Greenland. It is served by Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport , with Air Greenland helicopters shuttling passengers between the settlement and Nerlerit Inaat Airport (38 km (24 mi) distance), with boat transfer also possible for a few months a year.
Ittoqqortoormiit is the closest inhabited place to Greenland’s highest mountain – Gunnbjørn’s Mountain (3,694m). Located in the North-East National Park, this is also the highest peak above the Arctic Circle. Ittoqqortoormiit means “the place with the big houses” in the East Greenlandic dialect.
Ittoqqortoormiit is a settlement in eastern Greenland known for its remoteness and its proximity to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Map. Directions.
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At 70°29'07"N 21°58'00"W, it nestles on Liverpool Land, east of Hurry Inlet near the mouth of the northern shore of the Kangertittivaq fjord, which empties into the Greenland Sea. Bordered by the vast National Park of Greenland, Ittoqqortoormiit is the epitome of nature's grandeur and solitude.
Known as the most remote inhabited community in the western hemisphere with only 373 inhabitants, Ittoqqortoormiit is located above the Arctic circle at the mouth of the largest fjord system in the world. As expected, there are a few challenges to visiting such a remote and extreme location.
It looks easy enough on the map, anyway! Ittoqqortoormiit is by far the northernmost town in East Greenland. To the north stretches the utterly desolate Arctic wilderness, and to the south, it is 800 km to the next town, Tasiilaq.
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