Qaanaaq
Qaanaaq, formerly known as Thule, in northern Greenland is one of the world's northernmost civilian settlements, topped only by Longyearbyen on Svalbard and a few military bases.
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- Town with about 650 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 250 metres (810 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code NAQ
- Description: place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
- Also known as“Kanâk”“Kanâq”“Karna”
- Historically known as“New Thule”“Thule”
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Latitude
77.4654° or 77° 27′ 55″ north
Longitude
-69.2278° or 69° 13′ 40″ west
UN/LOCODE
GL NAQ
Open location code
C79GFQ8C+4V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Qaanaaq” goes by many names.
QaanaaqAlbanian
كاناكArabic
QaanaaqAsturian
KaanaakAzerbaijani
QaanaaqBasque
ThuleBasque
КаанаакBelarusian
КаанаакBulgarian
QaanaaqCatalan
QaanaaqCebuano
کاناکCentral Kurdish
卡納克Chinese
卡纳克Chinese
图勒Chinese
新图勒Chinese
QaanaaqCroatian
QaanaaqCzech
QânâqCzech
ThuleCzech
QaanaaqDanish
ThuleDanish
QaanaaqDutch
كاناكEgyptian Arabic
QaanaaqEsperanto
QuaanaaqEsperanto
QaanaaqEstonian
QaanaaqFinnish
კაანააკიGeorgian
ΚάαναακGreek
קאנאקHebrew
קאנקHebrew
QaanaaqIcelandic
QaanaaqIndonesian
ᖄᓈᖅInuktitut
QaanaaqIrish
QaanaaqItalian
QânâqItalian
ThuleItalian
カーナークJapanese
QaanaaqKalaallisut
КаанаакKomi
카나크Korean
카낙Korean
KanakasLithuanian
QaanaaqLithuanian
КанакMacedonian
QaanaaqNorthern Frisian
QaanaaqNorwegian
QaanaaqNorwegian Bokmål
ThuleNorwegian Bokmål
Verdens nordligste byNorwegian Bokmål
QaanaaqNorwegian Nynorsk
قاآناقPersian
قاناقPersian
AvanersuaqPolish
QaanaaqPolish
QaanaaqRomanian
КаанаакRussian
QaanaaqSardinian
QaanaaqScots
QaanaaqSerbo-Croatian
කානාක්, ග්රීන්ලන්තයSinhala
QaanaaqSlovak
QaanaaqSwedish
Qaanaaq kommunSwedish
QaanaqSwedish
QaanaaqTurkish
КаанаакUkrainian
قاناٹUrdu
QaanaaqUzbek
QaanaaqWelsh
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