Upernavik Kujalleq

Upernavik Kujalleq, formerly Søndre Upernavik, is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern . Founded in 1855 as a trading station on , the settlement had 201 inhabitants in 2020.
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Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 194 residents
  • Description: place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
  • Also known as: “Søndre Upernivik”, “South Upernavik”, and “Upernavik Kujatdleq”
  • Historically known as: “Søndre Upernavik”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport.

Helipad
Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a heliport in Upernavik Kujalleq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Avannaata municipality in northwestern . The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.

Upernavik Kujalleq

Latitude
72.15423° or 72° 9′ 15″ north
Longitude
-55.52786° or 55° 31′ 40″ west
Population
194
IATA airport code
UPK
Open location code
C8465F3C+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1935662069
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3419712
Wiki­data ID
Q2291016
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Upernavik Kujalleq” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Czech: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Danish: “Søndre Upernavik”
  • Danish: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Dutch: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • French: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Georgian: “უპერნავიკ-კუიალეკი”
  • German: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Italian: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Japanese: “ウペルナビク・クヤレック”
  • Kalaallisut: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Norwegian: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Polish: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Portuguese: “Søndre Upernavik”
  • Portuguese: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Russian: “Упернавик-Куяллек”
  • Spanish: “Sondre Upernavik”
  • Spanish: “Søndre Upernavik”
  • Spanish: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Spanish: “Upernavik kujatdleq”
  • Swedish: “Upernavik Kujalleq”
  • Ukrainian: “Упернавік Кійалек”
  • Uzbek: “Upernavik Kujalleq”

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