Nuugaatsiaq
Nuugaatsiaq is a now abandoned settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin.- Type: Village with 99 residents
- Description: abandoned settlement in Greenland
- Also known as: “Nûgâtsiaq”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Nuugaatsiaq Heliport.
Nuugaatsiaq
- Categories: former settlement, rural area, ghost town, and locality
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
71.535° or 71° 32′ 6″ north
Longitude
-53.2125° or 53° 12′ 45″ west
Population
99
IATA airport code
JUU
UN/LOCODE
GL NUG
Open location code
C838GQMP+XX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Nuugaatsiaq” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Nuugaatsiaq”
- Czech: “Nuugaatsiaq”
- 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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Umiiviup Kuua and Illorsuit.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tungujortorsuaq and Sissarissoq.
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