Qullissat
Qullissat is a former settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality, located on the northeast coast of Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland. It was a coal mining town founded to exploit the natural resources of Disko Island.Photo: JuBo14, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dwelling
- Description: former settlement in Greenland
- Also known as: “Kudtligssat”, “Kutdlisat”, and “Qubdligssat”
Qullissat
- Categories: ghost town, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Qeqertalik, Greenland, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
70.08444° or 70° 5′ 4″ northLongitude
-53.00972° or 53° 0′ 35″ westIATA airport code
QUEUnited Nations Location Code
GL QUEOpen location code
C8283XMR+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2051281220OpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwellingGeoNames ID
3420388Wikidata ID
Q923319
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Qullissat” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Qullissat”
- Danish: “Kutdligssat”
- Danish: “Qullissat”
- Danish: “Qutdligssat”
- Dutch: “Qullissat”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كليسات”
- French: “Qullissat”
- German: “Qullissat”
- Italian: “Qullissat”
- Japanese: “クリサット”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qullissat”
- Norwegian: “Qullissat”
- Polish: “Qullissat”
- Portuguese: “Qullissat”
- Russian: “Куллиссат”
- Spanish: “Qullissat”
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