Kuuk
Kuuk is a former settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southern cape of Mernoq Island, an island in Tasiusaq Bay.- Type: Village
- Description: former settlement in Qaasuitsup, Greenland
- Also known as: “Kûk”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarfaq.
Sarfaq
Village
Sarfaq is a former settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago region of northwestern Greenland. Sarfaq is situated 6 km south of Kuuk.
Kuuk
- Categories: abandoned village and locality
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
73.70556° or 73° 42′ 20″ north
Longitude
-56.19444° or 56° 11′ 40″ west
Open location code
C855PR44+66
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Czech to German—“Kuuk” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Kuuk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوك”
- German: “Kuuk”
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