Kullorsuaq
Kullorsuaq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the northernmost settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on Kullorsuaq Island at the southern end of Melville Bay, itself part of the larger Baffin Bay.- Type: Village with 436 residents
- Description: settlement in Greenland
- Also known as: “Kuvdlorssuak” and “Kuvdlorssuaq”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kullorsuaq Heliport and Devils Thumb.
Devils Thumb
Peak
Devil's Thumb is a pinnacle-shaped, 546 m mountain… Devils Thumb is situated 3 km northeast of Kullorsuaq.
Kullorsuaq
- Categories: human settlement, rural area, and locality
- Location: Avannaata, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
74.57907° or 74° 34′ 45″ north
Longitude
-57.21982° or 57° 13′ 11″ west
Population
436
IATA airport code
KHQ
UN/LOCODE
GL KUL
Open location code
C864HQHJ+J3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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”
- 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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Qaarusulik and Ikermiut.
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Highlights: Kirken and Greenland Free Church.
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