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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Notable Places in the Area
Qaanaaq Airport
Aerodrome
Qaanaaq Airport is an airport located 1.9 NM northwest of Qaanaaq, a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland. Qaanaaq Airport is situated 4 km northwest of Qaanaaq. Photo: Greenland Airports Mittarfeqarfiit, CC BY 2.0.
Qaanaaq
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Greenland
- Categories: human settlement and city
- Location: Northern Greenland, Greenland, North America
Latitude 77.4686° or 77° 28' 7.1" north | Longitude -69.2223° or 69° 13' 20.2" west |
Population 652 | IATA airport code NAQ |
United Nations Location Code GL NAQ | OpenStreetMap ID node 306516095 |
GeoNames ID 3831208 |
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Also Known As
- Arabic: كاناك
- Asturian: Qaanaaq
- Belarusian: Каанаак
- Bulgarian: Каанаак
- Catalan: Qaanaaq
- Cebuano: Qaanaaq
- Central Kurdish: کاناک
- Chinese: 卡納克
- Chinese: 卡纳克
- Croatian: Qaanaaq
- Czech: Qaanaaq
- Czech: Qânâq
- Czech: Thule
- Danish: Qaanaaq
- Danish: Thule
- Dutch: Qaanaaq
- Egyptian Arabic: كاناك
- English: Thule
- Esperanto: Qaanaaq
- Esperanto: Quaanaaq
- Estonian: Qaanaaq
- Finnish: Qaanaaq
- French: Qaanaaq
- French: Thule
- French: Thulé
- Georgian: კაანააკი
- German: Qaanaaq
- German: Thule
- Hebrew: קאנאק
- Hebrew: קאנק
- Icelandic: Qaanaaq
- Indonesian: Qaanaaq
- Inuktitut: ᖄᓈᖅ
- Italian: Qaanaaq
- Italian: Qânâq
- Italian: Thule
- Japanese: カーナーク
- Kalaallisut: Qaanaaq
- Komi: Каанаак
- Korean: 카낙
- Lithuanian: Kanakas
- Macedonian: Канак
- Northern Frisian: Qaanaaq
- Norwegian: Qaanaaq
- Norwegian Bokmål: Qaanaaq
- Norwegian Bokmål: Thule
- Norwegian Bokmål: Verdens nordligste by
- Persian: قاآناق
- Polish: Avanersuaq
- Polish: Qaanaaq
- Portuguese: Qaanaaq
- Romanian: Qaanaaq
- Russian: Каанаак
- Scots: Qaanaaq
- Serbo-Croatian: Qaanaaq
- Slovak: Qaanaaq
- Spanish: Qaanaaq
- Spanish: Thule
- Swedish: Qaanaaq
- Swedish: Qaanaaq kommun
- Swedish: Qaanaq
- Turkish: Qaanaaq
- Ukrainian: Каанаак
- Kanâk
- Kanâq
- Karna
- New Thule
- 카나크
Other Places Named Qaanaaq
- Qaanaaq KommuneGreenland
In the Area
Localities
- SiorapalukVillage, 49 km northwest
Landmarks
- Kap AcklandCape
- Qaanaaq GletscherGlacier, 3½ km north
- Bryant GletscherGlacier, 6 km northwest
- KagdlûssatMountain, 11 km northwest
- Piulip NunaaPeninsula, 13 km north
- SydgletscherGlacier, 15 km northeast
Popular Destinations in Northern Greenland
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