Etah

Etah is an abandoned settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northern . It was a starting point of discovery expeditions to the and the landing site of the last migration of the Inuit from the Canadian Arctic.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: abandoned village in Greenland
  • Also known as: “Etah, Greenland”, “Iita”, “Етах”, and “Іта, Гренландія”

Etah

Latitude
78.31318° or 78° 18′ 48″ north
Longitude
-72.60127° or 72° 36′ 5″ west
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
C7C9897X+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2051280902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3831442
Wiki­data ID
Q583358
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Etah” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Etah”
  • Czech: “Etah”
  • Danish: “Etah”
  • Dutch: “Etah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايتا”
  • French: “Etah”
  • German: “Etah”
  • Italian: “Etah”
  • Japanese: “エタ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Etah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Etah”
  • Norwegian: “Etah”
  • Portuguese: “Etah”
  • Russian: “Иита”
  • Russian: “Эта”
  • Spanish: “Etah”
  • Ukrainian: “Іта”

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