Ilulissat

Ilulissat is the third largest city in , in the Disko Bay just by the icefjord, from which it got its name. Ilulissat has one of the most beautiful settings for a great Greenlandic experience.
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  • Town with about 4,740 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 2,010 metres (6,590 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code JAV
  • …was formerly known as “Jakobshavn”
  • Description: town in Greenland
  • Also known as
    “Ilulisat”
    “Jacobshavn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knud Rasmussen’s Museum and Hotel Arctic.
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Museum
Ilulissat Museum is a museum dedicated to the famous Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen.
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Hotel
is a 4-star hotel located 2.7 km north…

Ilulissat

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Latitude
69.2197° or 69° 13′ 11″ north
Longitude
-51.0986° or 51° 5′ 55″ west
UN/LOCODE
GL JAV
Open location code
98XC6W92+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 381460254
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3423146
Wiki­data ID
Q191047

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ilulissat” goes by many names.
إيلوليساتArabic
ԻլուլիսատArmenian
IlulissatAsturian
İlulissatAzerbaijani
IlulissatBasque
JakobshavnBasque
ІлулісатBelarusian
ІлюлісатBelarusian
ЯкабсхаўнBelarusian
СермермиутBulgarian
IlulissatCatalan
JakobshavnCatalan
SermermiutCebuano
伊卢利萨特Chinese
伊盧利薩特Chinese
IlulissatCornish
IluligssatCzech
IlulisatCzech
IlulissatCzech
JakobshavnCzech
IllulissatDanish
IlulissatDanish
JacobshavnDanish
JakobshavnDanish
IlulissatDutch
ايلوليساتEgyptian Arabic
IlulissatEsperanto
IlulissatEstonian
JakobshavnEstonian
IlulissatFaroese
JacobshavnFaroese
IlulissatFinnish
JakobshavnFinnish
IlulissatFrench
JakobshavnFrench
IlulissatGalician
JakobshavnGalician
იაკობსჰავნიGeorgian
ილულისატიGeorgian
IlulissatGerman
JakobshavnGerman
SermermiutGerman
IlulissatGreek
ΙλουλισάτGreek
ΙλούλισσατGreek
Παγετώνας και Φιόρδ ΙλούλισσατGreek
אילוליסאטHebrew
IlulissatHungarian
IlulissatIcelandic
IlulissatIndonesian
IlulissatIrish
IlulissatItalian
JakobshavnItalian
イルリサットJapanese
イルリサット・アイスフィヨルドJapanese
IlulissatJavanese
IlulissatKalaallisut
ИлулиссатKomi
일루리사트Korean
IlulisataLatvian
IlulisatasLithuanian
IulisatasLithuanian
JakobshaunasLithuanian
ИлулисатMacedonian
IlulissatMalay
IlulissatMaltese
ილულისატიMingrelian
IlulissatNorthern Frisian
IlulissatNorwegian
IlulissatNorwegian Bokmål
JakobshavnNorwegian Bokmål
IlulissatNorwegian Nynorsk
JakobshavnNorwegian Nynorsk
IacobeshæfnOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ИлулиссатOssetian
ایلولیساتPersian
IlulissatPiemontese
IlulissatPolish
JakobshavnPolish
IlulissatPortuguese
JakobshavnPortuguese
IlulissatRomanian
ИллулисатRussian
ИлулиссатRussian
ЯкобсхавнRussian
IlulisatsSamogitian
IlulissatScots
IlulisatSerbian
IlulissatSerbian
ИлулисатSerbian
ඉලුලිසැට්, ග්‍රීන්ලන්තයSinhala
IlulissatSlovak
IlulissatSlovenian
JakobshavnSlovenian
SermermiutSlovenian
IlulissatSpanish
JakobshavnSpanish
IlulissatSwedish
JakobshavnSwedish
SermermiutSwedish
IlulissatTurkish
ІлуліссатUkrainian
ЯкобсгавнUkrainian
الولیساتUrdu
IlulissatUzbek

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