North Greenland

Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland, was one of the three counties of , which existed until 31 December 2008. The county seat was , the main settlement.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: Region of Greenland
  • Also known as: Avannaa

North Greenland

Latitude
79° north
Longitude
-50° or 50° west
Elevation
2,100 metres (6,890 feet)
Open location code
C8FG2222+22
Geo­Names ID
3424366
Wiki­data ID
Q669319
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Satellite Map

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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North Greenland”. Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0.