Nuugaatsiaq

Nuugaatsiaq is a now abandoned settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern , located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the basin.
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Places of Interest

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Helipad
is a heliport in Nuugaatsiaq, a village in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern . The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.

Nuugaatsiaq

Latitude
71.535° or 71° 32′ 6″ north
Longitude
-53.2125° or 53° 12′ 45″ west
Population
99
IATA airport code
JUU
United Nations Location Code
GL NUG
Open location code
C838GQMP+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2051281058
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3421327
Wiki­data ID
Q663104
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Uzbek—“Nuugaatsiaq” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Czech: Nûgâtsiaq
  • Czech: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Danish: Nûgâtsiaq
  • Danish: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Dutch: Nuugaatsiaq
  • French: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Georgian: ნუუგაატსიაკი
  • German: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Inuktitut: ᓅᒑᑦᓯᐊᖅ
  • Irish: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Italian: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Japanese: ヌーガートシュアク
  • Lithuanian: Nūgatsiakas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Norwegian: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Polish: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Portuguese: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Russian: Нугатсиак
  • Russian: Нуугаатсиак
  • Spanish: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Swedish: Nuugaatsiaq
  • Uzbek: Nuugaatsiaq

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