Narsaq

Narsaq is a town in the municipality in southern . The name Narsaq is Kalaallisut for "Plain", referring to the shore of where the town is located.
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  • Type: Town with 1,380 residents
  • Description: town in Greenland
  • Also known as: Narsak

Places of Interest

Highlights include Narsaq Heliport.

Helipad
is a heliport in the northwestern part of Narsaq, a town in the municipality, in southern . The route of the Arctic Umiaq Line no longer extends to during summer, hence the need for Europe-bound passengers to transfer in , with several daily departures to Narsarsuaq.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dyrnæs.

Hamlet
was a Norse settlement in Eastern Settlement in . It was located to the north of modern-day Narsaq. is situated 4 km north of Narsaq.

Narsaq

Latitude
60.9127° or 60° 54′ 46″ north
Longitude
-46.0453° or 46° 2′ 43″ west
Population
1,380
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
IATA airport code
JNS
United Nations Location Code
GL JNS
Open location code
98GMWX73+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1807080867
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3421719
Wiki­data ID
Q432397
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Narsaq” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نارساك
  • Asturian: Narsaq
  • Belarusian: Нарсак
  • Catalan: Narsaq
  • Cebuano: Narsaq
  • Chinese: 纳萨克
  • Czech: Narsaq
  • Danish: Narsaq
  • Danish: Narssaq
  • Danish: Nordprøven
  • Dutch: Narsaq
  • Egyptian Arabic: نارساك
  • Esperanto: Narsaq
  • Finnish: Narsaq
  • French: Narsaq
  • Galician: Narsaq
  • Georgian: ნარსაკი
  • German: Narsaq
  • Greek: Νάρσακ
  • Hebrew: נארסאק
  • Hungarian: Narsaq
  • Icelandic: Narsaq
  • Indonesian: Narsaq
  • Italian: Narsaq
  • Japanese: ナルサーク
  • Kalaallisut: Narsaq
  • Macedonian: Нарсак
  • Northern Frisian: Narsaq
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Narsaq
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nordprøven
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Narsaq
  • Norwegian: Narsaq
  • Ossetian: Нарсак
  • Panjabi: ਨਾਰਸਾਕ
  • Polish: Narsaq
  • Portuguese: Narsaq
  • Russian: Нарсак
  • Samogitian: Narsaks
  • Sinhala: නර්සාක්, ග්‍රීන්ලන්තය
  • Slovenian: Narsaq
  • Spanish: Narsaq
  • Swedish: Narsaq
  • Turkish: Narsaq
  • Ukrainian: Нарсак
  • Uzbek: Narsaq
  • Western Panjabi: نارساک
  • Narsaks

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