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Palasip Qaqqaa

Palasip Qaqqaa is a 544-metre-high mountain in the municipality in western . It is located on the mainland of Greenland on the coast of , immediately to the north of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sisimiut Airport and Sisimiut Museum.

Aerodrome
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is an located 2.2 NM northwest of , a town in the municipality in central-western . The airport has a single runway designated 13/31 which measures 799 by 30 m, built on the northern shore of Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay.

Museum
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is a museum in , . Located in a historical building near the harbour, specialises in Greenlandic trade, industry and shipping, with artifacts based on ten years of archaeological research and excavations of the ancient Saqqaq culture settlements near the town, offering an insight into the culture of the region of 4,000 years ago.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sisimiut.

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, also known by its Danish name Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland, and the largest Arctic city in North America.

Palasip Qaqqaa

Latitude
66.9619° or 66° 57′ 43″ north
Longitude
-53.7179° or 53° 43′ 5″ west
Elevation
549 metres (1,801 feet)
Open location code
98R8X76J+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 456009087
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q3361265
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Palasip Qaqqaa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالاسيب كاكا”
  • Arabic: “جبل بالاسيب كاكا”
  • Danish: “Palasip Qaqqaa”
  • Danish: “Præstefjeldet”
  • Dutch: “Palasip Qaqqaa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بالاسيب كاكا”
  • French: “Palasip Qaqqaa”
  • German: “Palasip Qaqqaa”
  • Italian: “Palasip Qaqqaa”
  • Ladin: “Palasip Qaqqaa”
  • Persian: “پالاسیپ ققاقا”
  • Polish: “Palasip Qaqqaa”
  • Polish: “Præstefjeldet”
  • Turkish: “Palasip Qaqqaa”
  • Venetian: “Palasip Qaqqaa”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tele island and Akia.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Frederik den IX’s Plads and Zion Church in Sisimiut.

Greenland: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Nuuk, Ilulissat, Northeast Greenland National Park, and Sisimiut.

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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 “Palasip Qaqqaa”. Photo: Algkalv, CC BY-SA 3.0.