North Greenland
Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland, was one of the three counties of Greenland, which existed until 31 December 2008. The county seat was Qaanaaq, the main settlement.- Region
- …lies at an elevation of 2,100 metres (6,890 feet)
- …is also known as “Avannaa”
- Description: Region of Greenland
North Greenland
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Latitude
79° north
Longitude
-50° or 50° west
Open location code
C8FG2222+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“North Greenland” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أفانا”
- Arabic: “شمال غرينلاند”
- Asturian: “Avannaa”
- Belarusian: “Авана”
- Danish: “Nordgrønland”
- Dutch: “Avannaa”
- Esperanto: “Avannaa”
- French: “Groenland-Septentrional”
- German: “Avanersuaq”
- Indonesian: “Avannaa”
- Italian: “Avannaa”
- Kalaallisut: “Avannaarsua”
- Korean: “아반나”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordgrønland”
- Norwegian: “Nordgrønland”
- Polish: “Avannaa”
- Portuguese: “Avannaa”
- Romanian: “Avannaa”
- Russian: “Аваннаа”
- Slovenian: “Avannaa”
- Spanish: “Avannaa”
- Swedish: “Avannaa”
- Turkish: “Avannaa”
- Venetian: “Avanaa”
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