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.- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
- Description: town
- Also known as“Narssârssuk”“Narssurscuk”“Narssûrssuk”
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Latitude
76.4516° or 76° 27′ 6″ north
Longitude
-69.33595° or 69° 20′ 9″ west
Open location code
C78GFM27+JJ
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place = village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Russian—“Narsaarsuk” goes by many names.
NarsaarsukAsturian
NarsaarsukCzech
NarsaarsukDutch
نارسارسوكEgyptian Arabic
НарсаарсукRussian
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