Southern Greenland
The Southern coast of Greenland is jokingly nicknamed "Sineriak Bananeqarfik" by the locals. Still far from a tropical paradise, this is the region which experiences the least extreme temperatures.Photo: Sorneguer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Qaqortoq and Narsaq.
Qaqortoq
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Qaqortoq, also known as Julianehåb, is the capital city of the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,069 in 2025, it is the most populous town in Kujalleq and the fourth most in Greenland.
Narsaq
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Narsaq, formerly Nordprøven, is a town in Kujalleq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark on the shores of Tunulliarfik Fjord.
Nanortalik
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Nanortalik, formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,072 inhabitants as of 2024, it is the eleventh-largest town in the country.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Narsarsuaq and Qassiarsuk.
Narsarsuaq
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Narsarsuaq is a village in Southern Greenland. The village is based around the airport, which was built in 1941 by the US military, but is now in commercial use.
Qassiarsuk
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Qassiarsuk is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality, in southern Greenland. Its population was 39 in 2020. Qassiarsuk is part of the Kujataa World Heritage Site, due to its historical importance as the homestead of Erik the Red and its unique testimony to Greenlandic farming.
Igaliku
Igaliku is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The town was founded as Igaliko in 1783 by the trader and colonial administrator Anders Olsen and his Greenlandic wife, Tuperna.
Greenland night photography
Greenland night photography is a route through Southern Greenland and Eastern Greenland, focusing on the "Darkland" aesthetic: the intersection of polar twilight, ancient ice, and modern settlement lights.Southern Greenland
- Type: colony
- Description: Danish inspectorate
- Also known as: “South Greenland” and “Southern Inspectorate of Greenland”
- Category: inspectorate
- Location: Greenland, North America
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Latitude of center
60.68° or 60° 40′ 48″ northLongitude of center
-44.62° or 44° 37′ 12″ westWikidata ID
Q7567388
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Satellite Map
Discover Southern Greenland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Venetian—“Southern Greenland” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Südgrönland”
- Czech: “Jižní Grónsko”
- Czech: “Jižní inspektorát Grónska”
- Danish: “Sydgrønlands Inspektorat”
- Esperanto: “Sud-Gronlando”
- French: “Groenland du Sud”
- French: “Groenland méridional”
- French: “inspectorat du Groenland du Sud”
- German: “Südgrönland”
- Italian: “Groenlandia meridionale”
- Japanese: “南グリーンランド”
- Korean: “남그린란드”
- Macedonian: “Јужен Гренланд”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sydgrønland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sydgrønlands Inspektorat”
- Slovenian: “Južna Grenlandija”
- Venetian: “Groenlàndia meridionałe”
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