Articles in Greenland ( 417 )

417 Articles of interest in Greenland

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  • Brønlundhus

    Brønlundhus, on some maps also Brønlundfjord or Brönlundfjord, is a former research station and radio station located on the western shore of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord in southern Peary Land, in northern Greenland. It is named after Greenlandic Arctic r…

  • Upernavik Airport

    Upernavik Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Upernavik) (IATA: JUV, ICAO: BGUK) is an airport located 0.5 NM (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) northeast of Upernavik, a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, capable of serving STOL aircraft.

  • Qaarsut Airport

    Qaarsut Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Qaarsut) (IATA: JQA, ICAO: BGUQ) is an airport in Qaarsut, a settlement on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is a primary airport with a gravel runway, capable…

  • North Greenland Ice Core Project

    The drilling site of the North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP or NorthGRIP) is near the center of Greenland (75.1 N, 42.32 W, 2917 m, ice thickness 3085). Drilling began in 1999 and was completed at bedrock in 2003 [1]. The cores are cylinders of…

  • Appat Island

    Appat Island (old spelling: Agpat, Danish: Saunders Ø) is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. At 211 km2 (81.5 sq mi), it is one of the larger islands in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located in its north-ce…

  • Nuussuaq (district)

    Nuussuaq is a district of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, It is located in the northern part of the city, west and southwest of Nuuk Airport, approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) outside of the city center.

  • Greenland National Museum

    The Greenland National Museum (Greenlandic: Nunatta katersugaasivia allagaateqarfialu) is located in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It was one of the first museums established in Greenland, inaugurated in the mid-1960s. The museum is affiliated wit…

  • Daneborg

    Daneborg (or Daneborg Station) is a station on the south coast of Wollaston Foreland peninsula of northeast Greenland, at the mouth of Young Sund emptying into Greenland Sea. Daneborg serves as the headquarters for the SIRIUS Patrol, the dog sled pa…

  • Zackenberg

    Zackenberg (or ZERO - Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations) is an ecosystem research station and monitoring facility situated in the Northeast Greenland National Park in northeastern Greenland.

  • Qaqortoq Heliport

    Qaqortoq Heliport (IATA: JJU, ICAO: BGJH) is a heliport in the southern part of Qaqortoq, a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.

  • Nordostrundingen

    Nordostrundingen (corrupted from Danish: Nordøstrundingen which means Northeastern rounding), is a headland located at the northeastern end of the island of Greenland, a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

  • Maniitsoq Airport

    Maniitsoq Airport (Greenlandic: Mittarfik Maniitsoq) (IATA: JSU, ICAO: BGMQ) is an airport located 0.5 NM (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) northwest of Maniitsoq, a town in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland.

  • Helheim Glacier

    Helheim Glacier is one of Greenland's largest outlet glaciers. It accelerated from 8 km (5.0 mi) per year in 2000 to 11 km (6.8 mi) per year in 2005. Like many of Greenland's outlet glaciers it is the site of glacial earthquakes.

  • Deltaterrasserne

    Deltaterrasserne ("Delta Terraces") is a pre-Inuit occupation archaeological site located near the head of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord on the Peary Land peninsula in northern Greenland. It is one of the largest archaeological sites in Peary Land, and was …

  • Russell Glacier (Greenland)

    Russell Glacier (Danish: Russells Gletscher) is a glacier in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It flows from the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) in the western direction. The front of the glacier is located 25 km (…

  • Uummannaq Fjord

    Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland.

  • Nuuk Tourist Office

    Nuuk Tourist Office is a landmark in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, built in 1992 to house the headquarters of the new National Tourist Board of Greenland.

  • NEEM Camp

    NEEM Camp is a small research facility on the northern Greenland Ice Sheet, used as a base for ice core drilling. It is located about 313 km east of the closest coast, Peabody Bay in northern Greenland, 275 km northwest of the historical ice sheet c…

  • Milne Land

    Milne Land is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and Disko Island. It is named after British admiral David Milne. It is 113 km long from Moræne Pynt in the southwest t…

  • Maamorilik

    Maamorilik (old spelling: Mârmorilik or Maarmorilik, also Black Angel Mine) is a mining site in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

  • Independence Fjord

    Independence Fjord is a large fjord in the eastern part of northern Greenland. It is about 200 km (120 mi) long and up to 30 km (19 mi) wide. Its mouth, opening to Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean is located at (82°15′N21°54′W).

  • Ella Island

    Ella Island, or Ella Ø, is an island in eastern Greenland, at the mouth of Kempe Fjord in the northern end of King Oscar Fjord.

  • Ammassalik Island

    Ammassalik Island (Danish: Ammassalik Ø) is an island in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland, with an area of 772 km2 (298.1 sq mi).

  • Akilia

    Akilia Island is an island in southwestern Greenland, about 22 kilometers south of Nuuk (Godthåb), at (63.933°N 51.667°W).

  • Aappilattoq, Qaasuitsup

    Aappilattoq (IATA: AOQ) is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on an island of the same name in the southern part of Upernavik Archipelago.

  • Uunarteq

    Uunarteq, formerly Kap Tobin, is an abandoned settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland, located 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Ittoqqortoormiit.