Sioraq
Sioraq is a beach in Greenland. Sioraq is situated nearby to the hamlet Thule.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pituffik Space Base and Pituffik.
Pituffik Space Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States.
Pituffik
Dwelling
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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.
Greenland Telescope
Photo: Jackcc52, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Greenland Telescope is a radio telescope situated at the Pituffik Space Base in north-western Greenland. It will later be deployed at the Summit Station research camp, located at the highest point of the Greenland ice sheet at an altitude of 3,210 meters. Greenland Telescope is situated 3 km northeast of Sioraq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thule.
Thule
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Thule is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Sioraq.
Sioraq
- Type: Beach
- Also known as: “Siorak”
- Category: landform
- Location: Greenland, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
76.52455° or 76° 31′ 28″ northLongitude
-68.7944° or 68° 47′ 40″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
C78HG6F4+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 14144993471OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
11746827
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