Narsarsuaq

Narsarsuaq is a village in . The village is based around the airport, which was built in 1941 by the US military, but is now in commercial use.
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  • Type: Village with 123 residents
  • Description: settlement in Kujalleq, Greenland
  • Also known as: “Narsarssauk”, “Narsarssuak”, “Narsarssunk”, “Narsarssurk”, “Narsarsuak”, and “Narssarssuaq”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Narsarsuaq Airport and Arboretum Groenlandicum.

Heliport
Photo: Algkalv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a heliport and former international airport in Narsarsuaq, , . Along with , for over 70 years it was one of only two civilian airports in Greenland capable of serving large aircraft.

Garden
Photo: Algkalv, CC BY 3.0.
is a garden.

Narsarsuaq

Latitude
61.1556° or 61° 9′ 20″ north
Longitude
-45.4239° or 45° 25′ 26″ west
Population
123
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
IATA airport code
UAK
United Nations Location Code
GL UAK
Open location code
98HP5H4G+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5118647850
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3421711
Wiki­data ID
Q59168
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Narsarsuaq” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نارسارسواك”
  • Basque: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Bosnian: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Catalan: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Cebuano: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Chinese: “納沙斯瓦哥”
  • Chinese: “纳萨尔苏瓦克”
  • Czech: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Czech: “Narssarssuaq”
  • Danish: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Danish: “Narsuarsuaq”
  • Dutch: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Faroese: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Finnish: “Narsarsuaq”
  • French: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Georgian: “ნარსარსუაკი”
  • German: “Narsarsuaq”
  • German: “Narssarsuaq”
  • Icelandic: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Italian: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Japanese: “ナルサルスアーク”
  • Kalaallisut: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Korean: “나르사수아크”
  • Korean: “나흐사흐수악”
  • Lithuanian: “Narsarsuakas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Norwegian: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Narsarsuaq”
  • Polish: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Portuguese: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Russian: “Нарсарсуак”
  • Russian: “Нарссарссуак”
  • Spanish: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Swedish: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Turkish: “Narsarsuaq”
  • Ukrainian: “Нарсарсуак”
  • Ukrainian: “Нарссарссуак”
  • Urdu: “نارسارسواک”
  • Uzbek: “Narsarsuaq”

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