Akilia
Akilia Island is an island in southwestern Greenland, about 22 kilometers south of Nuuk. Akilia is the location of a rock formation that has been proposed to contain the oldest known sedimentary rocks on Earth, and perhaps the oldest evidence of life on Earth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in southwestern Greenland
- Also known as: “Akilia Island”
Akilia
- Categories: protected area, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Sermersooq, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
63.93255° or 63° 55′ 57″ northLongitude
-51.66963° or 51° 40′ 11″ westOpen location code
98MCW8MJ+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 27723896OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Akilia” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Акилия”
- Catalan: “Akilia”
- Cebuano: “Akilia”
- Chinese: “Akilia”
- Chinese: “阿基利亚岛”
- Croatian: “Akilia”
- Czech: “Akilia”
- Danish: “Akilia”
- Dutch: “Akilia”
- Esperanto: “Akilia”
- Finnish: “Akilia”
- French: “Akilia”
- German: “Akilia”
- Hungarian: “Akilia”
- Icelandic: “Akilia”
- Italian: “Akilia”
- Latvian: “Akilija”
- Persian: “Akilia”
- Polish: “Akilia”
- Romanian: “Akilia”
- Serbian: “Akilia”
- Spanish: “Akilia”
- Swedish: “Akilia”
- Thai: “เกาะอะคิเลีย”
- Turkish: “Akilia (Grönland)”
- Turkish: “Akilia Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Акілія”
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