Articles in Greenland ( 417 )

417 Articles of interest in Greenland

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  • Comer's Midden

    Comer's Midden was a 1916 archaeological excavation site near Thule (modern Qaanaaq), north of Mt. Dundas in North Star Bay in northern Greenland. It is the find after which the Thule culture was named.

  • Wolstenholme Fjord

    The Wolstenholme Fjord is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base and adjacent to North Star Bay. The fjord is impressive due to its waters being fed by four large glaciers, and for this reason is sometimes refe…

  • Uummannaq (mountain)

    Uummannaq is a 1,170 metres (3,839 ft) high, prominent, isolated mountain in northwestern Greenland, located on the small Uummannaq Island in the central part of the Uummannaq Fjord. It entirely dominates the landscape of the island, its base occupy…

  • Nipisat Island

    Nipisat Island (Kalaallisut: "Lumpfish", referring to the island's shape) is a small, uninhabited island in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland.

  • Narsaarsuk

    Narsaarsuk (old spelling: Narssârssuk) is an abandoned settlement on the edge of Bylot Sound in northern Greenland near Thule Air Base.

  • Jørgen Brønlund Fjord

    Jørgen Brønlund Fjord is a fjord in southern Peary Land, northern Greenland, with its mouth located at mouth at (82°7.5′N29°53.3′W). It is about 30 km long and 1 to 2 km wide, and opens out to Independence Fjord in the south. Brønlundhus, a former …

  • Innaarsuit

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

  • German North Polar Expedition

    German North Polar Expedition was a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Polar Region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power.

  • Georg Carl Amdrup

    Vice Admiral Sir Georg Carl Amdrup (Copenhagen, Denmark, November 19, 1866 - Copenhagen, January 15, 1947), RN was a Danish naval officer, Vice Admiral and Greenland researcher.

  • Crozier Island

    Crozier Island (Danish: Crozier Ø) is one of three islands located in Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait in the high Arctic, and is part of Greenland. Its two sister islands are Franklin Island and Hans Island.

  • Chamberlin Glacier (Greenland)

    The Chamberlin Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord (sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine"). The other glac…

  • Atuagkat Bookstore

    Atuagkat Bookstore (Danish: Atuagkat Boghandel) is a bookstore in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, located 100 m (330 ft) north of the Katuaq Culture Centre in the Nuuk Centrum.

  • West Ice accidents

    The West Ice accidents occurred around April 5, 1952 when the five Norwegian seal hunting vessels "Ringsel", "Brattind" and "Vårglimt" from Troms and "Buskøy" and "Pels" from Sunnmøre with a total of 78 men vanished in the midst of a severe storm in…

  • Ukkusissat Heliport

    Ukkusissat Heliport (IATA: JUK, ICAO: BGUT) is a heliport in Ukkusissat, a village in the Uummannaq Fjord system in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part …

  • Tasersuatsiaq

    Tasersuatsiaq (old spelling: Taserssuatsiaq) is a lake in central-western Greenland, in the Qeqqata municipality. It is located southeast of Kangerlussuaq, with a depth of 80 m (262.5 ft), covering an area of 750ha. During the operating years of the…

  • Sermitsiaq Island

    Sermitsiaq Island (Danish: Sadelø) is an uninhabited island in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle run of the 160 km (99.4 mi) long Nuup Kangerlua fjord, to the north of…

  • Sermilik Station

    Sermilik Station is a glaciology research station on Ammassalik Island, dedicated to the research of the nearby the Mittivakkat Glacier. The station is located approximately at (65°41′N37°55′W) on the west side of the Ammasalik island in south east…

  • Savissivik Heliport

    Savissivik Heliport (IATA: SVR, ICAO: BGSV) is a heliport in Savissivik, a village on the shores of Melville Bay in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland.

  • Sangmissoq

    Sangmissoq (or Sammisoq, Danish:Christian IV Ø, English traditional:Christian IV Island) is an island in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located northeast of Uummannarsuaq cape. Its area is 803 km², and the largest length is 60 km. …

  • Salisbury Glacier

    The Salisbury Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord (sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine"). The other glaci…

  • Rink Glacier

    Rink Glacier (Danish translation: "Rink Isbrae") (Greenlandic: Kangilliup Sermia) (71°45′N051°40′W), is a large glacier located on the west coast of Greenland. It drains an area of 30,182 km2 (11,653 sq mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (q…

  • Qernertuarssuit

    Qernertuarssuit is an abandoned settlement in northwestern Greenland, located on one of the Qeqertat skerries in Uummannaq Fjord north of Salleq Island.