Pituffik
Pituffik is a former Inughuit settlement in North Star Bay, near Mount Dundas at the eastern end of Bylot Sound in northern Greenland. It was located on the plain that is now occupied by the runway of the U.S. Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base.
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Wikimedia, Public domain.- Dwelling
- …has 62 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code THU
- Description: settlement in Greenland
- Also known as“Astro Pynt”“Dundas”“Pitugfik”
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Pituffik Space Base
Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base…
Greenland Telescope
The Greenland Telescope is a radio telescope situated…
1½ km east of Pituffik
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thule.
Pituffik
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Latitude
76.53333° or 76° 32′ north
Longitude
-68.75° or 68° 45′ west
UN/LOCODE
GL THU
Open location code
C78HG7M2+82
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = isolated_dwelling
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Pituffik” goes by many names.
بيتوفيكArabic
PituffikAsturian
PituffikBasque
PituffikCatalan
PituffikCebuano
圖勒Chinese
皮圖非克Chinese
Pituffická oblastCzech
PituffikCzech
DundasDanish
Gammel ThuleDanish
PituffikDanish
PituffikDutch
بيتوفيكEgyptian Arabic
PituffikItalian
ピツフィクJapanese
ピツフィックJapanese
PituffikNorwegian
PituffikNorwegian Bokmål
PituffikRomanian
ПитуффикRussian
PituffikSwedish
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