Kitsissuarsuit

Kitsissuarsuit is a settlement in municipality in western . The settlement was formerly founded in 1830 as Hunde Ejlande or Dog's Island, although it had already been used as a whaling station since 1817. Its population was 50 in 2020.
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  • Type: Village with 50 residents
  • Description: settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland
  • Also known as: “Dog’s Island”, “Hunde Ejlande”, “Kitsigsuarssuit”, and “Kitsissarsuit”
  • Historically known as: “Hunde Ejland”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kitsissuarsuit Heliport.

Helipad
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Kitsissuarsuit

Latitude
68.85741° or 68° 51′ 27″ north
Longitude
-53.12123° or 53° 7′ 16″ west
Population
50
IATA airport code
QJE
Open location code
98W8VV4H+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2049649018
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3423426
Wiki­data ID
Q2337295
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Kitsissuarsuit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيتسيسوارسويت”
  • Asturian: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Basque: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Cebuano: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Czech: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Danish: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Dutch: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيتسيسوارسويت”
  • Estonian: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • French: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Georgian: “კიტსისუარსუიტი”
  • German: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Inuktitut: “ᑭᑦᓯᔅᓱᐊᕐᓱᐃᑦ”
  • Irish: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Italian: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Norwegian: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Polish: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Portuguese: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Russian: “Китсиссуарсуит”
  • Spanish: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Swedish: “Kitsissuarsuit”
  • Uzbek: “Kitsissuarsuit”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kitsissuarsuit and Kittorsalik.

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Highlights: Qatserutaasivik and Kitsissuarsuit illuat sullivik.

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