Igaliku

Igaliku is a settlement in the municipality in southern . The town was founded as Igaliko in 1783 by the trader and colonial administrator Anders Olsen and his Greenlandic wife, Tuperna.
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  • Type: Village with 44 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: Igaliko” and “伊奎利庫

Places of Interest

Highlights include Garðar and Gardar Cathedral of Saint Nicholas.

Archaeological site
was the seat of the bishop in the Norse settlements in Greenland. It was the first Catholic diocese established in the Americas and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

Archaeological site
Photo: Svickova, Public domain.
Garðar Cathedral, known formally as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, was a Roman Catholic cathedral church located in , situated in Igaliku, .

Helipad
is a heliport in Igaliku, a village in the municipality in southern . The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.

Igaliku

Latitude
60.9891° or 60° 59′ 21″ north
Longitude
-45.421° or 45° 25′ 16″ west
Population
44
IATA airport code
QFX
Open location code
98GPXHQH+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1928931258
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3423392
Wiki­data ID
Q980694
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Uzbek—“Igaliku” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Igaliku
  • Chinese: 伊加利库
  • Chinese: 伊加利庫
  • Chinese: 伊加利科
  • Chinese: 伊奎利库
  • Czech: Igaliko
  • Czech: Igaliku
  • Danish: Igaliko
  • Danish: Igaliku
  • Dutch: Igaliku
  • French: Igaliku
  • Galician: Igaliku
  • Georgian: იგალიკუ
  • German: Igaliku
  • Hebrew: איגליקו
  • Icelandic: Igaliku
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᒐᓕᑯ
  • Italian: Igaliku
  • Japanese: イガリク
  • Kalaallisut: Igaliko
  • Kalaallisut: Igaliku
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Igaliku
  • Norwegian: Igaliku
  • Polish: Igaliku
  • Portuguese: Igaliku
  • Russian: Игалику
  • Spanish: Igaliku
  • Swedish: Igaliku
  • Uzbek: Igaliku

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