Ivittuut

Ivittuut is an abandoned mining town near in southwestern , in the modern municipality on the ruins of the former Norse Middle Settlement.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 11 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Greenland
  • Also known as: Iviggut”, “Ivigtut”, “Ivigtût”, and “Trigtut

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kangilinnguit.

Town
, is a Danish military outpost and location of a former Danish Naval base attached to the Island Command Greenland in the municipality, located at the mouth of Arsuk Fjord in southwestern . is situated 4½ km northeast of Ivittuut.

Ivittuut

Latitude
61.20719° or 61° 12′ 26″ north
Longitude
-48.1693° or 48° 10′ 10″ west
Population
11
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GL IUT
Open location code
98HH6R4J+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1927638943
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
3422861
Wiki­data ID
Q950978
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ivittuut” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إيفيتوت
  • Asturian: Ivittuut
  • Catalan: Ivigtût
  • Catalan: Ivittuut
  • Chinese: 伊維圖特
  • Chinese: 伊维赫图特
  • Czech: Ivigtut
  • Czech: Ivigtût
  • Czech: Ivittut
  • Czech: Ivittuut
  • Danish: Ivigtut
  • Danish: Ivittuut
  • Dutch: Ivittuut
  • Egyptian Arabic: ايفيتوت
  • Finnish: Ivittuut
  • French: Ivittuut
  • German: Ivigtut
  • German: Ivittuut
  • Icelandic: Ivittuut
  • Indonesian: Ivittuut
  • Italian: Ivigtût
  • Italian: Ivittuut
  • Japanese: イヴィットゥー
  • Japanese: イビッツート
  • Kalaallisut: Ivittuut
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ivittuut
  • Norwegian: Ivittuut
  • Polish: Ivittuut
  • Portuguese: Ivigtut
  • Portuguese: Ivittuut
  • Romanian: Ivittuut
  • Russian: Ивигтут
  • Russian: Ивиттуут
  • Slovenian: Ivigtut
  • Spanish: Ivigtut
  • Spanish: Ivigtût
  • Spanish: Ivittuut
  • Swedish: Ivigtut
  • Swedish: Ivigtût
  • Swedish: Ivittuut
  • Turkish: Ivittuut
  • Ukrainian: Ivigtut
  • Ukrainian: Івігтут
  • Ukrainian: Івіттуут

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