Qilakitsoq

Qilakitsoq is an abandoned settlement and an important archaeological site in . It is the location of the discovery of eight mummified corpses from the Thule period.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uummannaq.
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Qilakitsoq

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Latitude
70.60861° or 70° 36′ 31″ north
Longitude
-52.18194° or 52° 10′ 55″ west
Open location code
C829JR59+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2051281196
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­isolated_dwelling
Wiki­data ID
Q1817250

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Qilakitsoq” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Chinese: “奇拉基特克遺址”
  • Czech: “Qilakitsocké mumie”
  • Czech: “Qilakitsoqské mumie”
  • Danish: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Dutch: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيلاكيتسوك”
  • Finnish: “Qilakitsoq”
  • French: “Qilakitsoq”
  • German: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Hungarian: “Inuit múmiák”
  • Icelandic: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Italian: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Latvian: “Kilakitsoka”
  • Malay: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qilakitsoq-mumiene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Norwegian: “Qilakitsoq-mumiene”
  • Polish: “mumie z Qilakitsoq”
  • Polish: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Portuguese: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Russian: “Килакитсок”
  • Spanish: “Qilakitsoq”
  • Swedish: “Qilakitsoq”

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