Kullorsuaq

Kullorsuaq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern . It is the northernmost settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on Kullorsuaq Island at the southern end of , itself part of the larger .
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Photo: Algkalv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 436 residents
  • Description: settlement in Greenland
  • Also known as: “Kuvdlorssuak”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kullorsuaq Heliport and Devils Thumb.

Helipad
Photo: Algkalv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a heliport in Kullorsuaq, 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.

Peak
Photo: Algkalv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Devil's Thumb is a pinnacle-shaped, 546 m mountain in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern . is situated 3 km northeast of Kullorsuaq.

Kullorsuaq

Latitude
74.57907° or 74° 34′ 45″ north
Longitude
-57.21982° or 57° 13′ 11″ west
Population
436
IATA airport code
KHQ
United Nations Location Code
GL KUL
Open location code
C864HQHJ+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2049649020
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3422228
Wiki­data ID
Q669016
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Uzbek—“Kullorsuaq” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Catalan: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Cebuano: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Czech: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Danish: “Djævlens Tommelfinger”
  • Danish: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Danish: “Kuvdlorssuaq”
  • Dutch: “Kullorsuaq”
  • French: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Georgian: “კულორსუაკი”
  • German: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Indonesian: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Irish: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Italian: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Japanese: “クッロルシュアク”
  • Kalaallisut: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Norwegian: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Piemontese: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Polish: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Portuguese: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Russian: “Куллорсуак”
  • Sinhala: “කුලෝර්සුවාක්, ග්‍රීන්ලන්තය”
  • Spanish: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Swedish: “Kullorsuaq”
  • Ukrainian: “Куллорсуак”
  • Uzbek: “Kullorsuaq”

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