Qorlortorsuaq
Qorlortorsuaq is a village in the Nanortalik district, in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located at the site of the largest waterfall in the country; the waterfall also goes by the name of Qorlortorsuaq.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Qorlortorsuaq Dam.
Qorlortorsuaq Dam
Dam
Qorlortorsuaq Dam is a hydroelectric dam near Qorlortorsuaq in the Nanortalik district of the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It has a capacity of 7.6 MW and it generates power for the neighbouring towns of Qaqortoq and Narsaq.
Qorlortorsuaq
- Type: Village with 11 residents
- Description: place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
- Categories: waterfall, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Kujalleq, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
60.7753° or 60° 46′ 31″ northLongitude
-45.2347° or 45° 14′ 5″ westPopulation
11Open location code
98GPQQG8+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 2077565908OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q2714832
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Uzbek—“Qorlortorsuaq” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Czech: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Danish: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Dutch: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- French: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- German: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Irish: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Italian: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Norwegian: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Polish: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Spanish: “Qorlortorsuaq”
- Uzbek: “Qorlortorsuaq”
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Notable Places Nearby
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