Narsaarsuk
Narsaarsuk is an abandoned settlement on the edge of Bylot Sound in northern Greenland near Pituffik Space Base. The site of the former settlement is contaminated with plutonium after the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: town
- Also known as: “Narssârssuk”, “Narssurscuk”, and “Narssûrssuk”
Narsaarsuk
- Categories: posyolok and locality
- Location: Greenland, North America
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Latitude
76.4516° or 76° 27′ 6″ northLongitude
-69.33595° or 69° 20′ 9″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
C78GFM27+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 9387316406OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Russian—“Narsaarsuk” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Narsaarsuk”
- Czech: “Narsaarsuk”
- Dutch: “Narsaarsuk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نارسارسوك”
- German: “Narsaarsuk”
- Russian: “Нарсаарсук”
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