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    Uummannaq [2] is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland. With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020, [1] it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal. Founded in 1763 [3] as Omenak, [4] the town is a hunting and fishing base, with a canning factory and a marble quarry. [5]

  2. Uummannaq is located almost 600km north of the Arctic Circle on a small island of the same name. To arrive there is an adventure in itself, requiring at least 2 domestic flights (Ilulissat – Qaarsut – Uummannaq) or one flight (Ilulissat – Qaarsut) and a boat transfer. There are no direct international flights.

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  3. Jun 17, 2020 · Welcome to Uummannaq! The heart of Greenland. Aerial view of Uummannaq Island on the helicopter transfer from Qaarsut. A population of 1,406 (Jul 2019) means that Uummannaq is the most northerly town in Greenland with sufficient infrastructure to comfortably cater for adventurous visitors.

  4. Uummannaq Island (Greenlandic: Uummannap qeqertaa) is a small (12 km 2 (4.6 sq mi)) island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.Located in the south-central part of the Uummannaq Fjord, it is home to the most prominent mountain on the Arctic coast of western Greenland and to Uummannaq, the largest town north of Ilulissat.

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  5. guidetogreenland.com › laali-berthelsen › uummannaqUummannaq | Guide to Greenland

    Apr 22, 2022 · Perfect place for mindfulness. Uummannaq has many archeological and historical monuments. Uummannaq Church, built in 1935 of granite blocks is Greenland’s only major stone church in use. The town has many old buildings and preserved peat houses which are very interesting and some of them are open so you get to enter and experience the old homes.

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  7. Uummannaq. The town of Uummannaq – “the heart-shaped” – is located on a small island (12 km2) in Uummannaq Fiord, some 460 km north of the Arctic circle. The town was named after the nearby mountain, which towers above the town at a height of almost 1,200 metres, dominating the townscape. Uummannaq is the municipality's second largest ...

  8. Uummannaq Fjord. Coordinates: 70°57′N 53°00′W. Geography of Uummannaq Fjord. Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has a roughly south-east to west-north-west orientation, emptying into the Baffin Bay in the northwest.

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