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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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is a city in . is a town of about 1,300 people with another 1,300 residing in the surrounding settlements. The main industry in the area is fishing for halibut, which has overtaken hunting as the principal industry for the town.

Qilakitsoq

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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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mummies burial site and Eqqartuussivik.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Qilakitsoq”. Photo: Choffa, Public domain.