Ilulissat

Ilulissat is the third largest city in , in the Disko Bay just by the icefjord, from which it got its name. Ilulissat has one of the most beautiful settings for a great Greenlandic experience.
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  • Type: Town with 5,150 residents
  • Description: town in Greenland
  • Also known as: “Ilulisat”, “Jacobshavn”, and “Jakobshavn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knud Rasmussen’s Museum and Hotel Arctic.

Museum
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Ilulissat Museum is a museum dedicated to the famous Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen. It is located in the town of Ilulissat, .

Hotel
Photo: Algkalv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 4-star hotel located 2.7 km north of the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site owned by Air Greenland. The hotel was built shortly after the airport was opened in 1984 to accommodate passengers.

Ilulissat

Latitude
69.2197° or 69° 13′ 11″ north
Longitude
-51.0986° or 51° 5′ 55″ west
Population
5,150
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
IATA airport code
JAV
United Nations Location Code
GL JAV
Open location code
98XC6W92+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 381460254
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3423146
Wiki­data ID
Q191047
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ilulissat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيلوليسات”
  • Armenian: “Իլուլիսատ”
  • Asturian: “Ilulissat”
  • Azerbaijani: “İlulissat”
  • Basque: “Ilulissat”
  • Basque: “Jakobshavn”
  • Belarusian: “Ілулісат”
  • Belarusian: “Ілюлісат”
  • Belarusian: “Якабсхаўн”
  • Bulgarian: “Сермермиут”
  • Catalan: “Ilulissat”
  • Catalan: “Jakobshavn”
  • Cebuano: “Sermermiut”
  • Chinese: “伊卢利萨特”
  • Chinese: “伊盧利薩特”
  • Cornish: “Ilulissat”
  • Czech: “Iluligssat”
  • Czech: “Ilulisat”
  • Czech: “Ilulissat”
  • Czech: “Jakobshavn”
  • Danish: “Illulissat”
  • Danish: “Ilulissat”
  • Danish: “Jacobshavn”
  • Danish: “Jakobshavn”
  • Dutch: “Ilulissat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايلوليسات”
  • Esperanto: “Ilulissat”
  • Estonian: “Ilulissat”
  • Estonian: “Jakobshavn”
  • Faroese: “Ilulissat”
  • Faroese: “Jacobshavn”
  • Finnish: “Ilulissat”
  • Finnish: “Jakobshavn”
  • French: “Ilulissat”
  • French: “Jakobshavn”
  • Galician: “Ilulissat”
  • Galician: “Jakobshavn”
  • Georgian: “იაკობსჰავნი”
  • Georgian: “ილულისატი”
  • German: “Ilulissat”
  • German: “Jakobshavn”
  • German: “Sermermiut”
  • Greek: “Ilulissat”
  • Greek: “Ιλουλισάτ”
  • Greek: “Ιλούλισσατ”
  • Greek: “Παγετώνας και Φιόρδ Ιλούλισσατ”
  • Hebrew: “אילוליסאט”
  • Hungarian: “Ilulissat”
  • Icelandic: “Ilulissat”
  • Indonesian: “Ilulissat”
  • Irish: “Ilulissat”
  • Italian: “Ilulissat”
  • Italian: “Jakobshavn”
  • Japanese: “イルリサット・アイスフィヨルド”
  • Japanese: “イルリサット”
  • Javanese: “Ilulissat”
  • Kalaallisut: “Ilulissat”
  • Komi: “Илулиссат”
  • Korean: “일루리사트”
  • Latvian: “Ilulisata”
  • Lithuanian: “Ilulisatas”
  • Lithuanian: “Iulisatas”
  • Lithuanian: “Jakobshaunas”
  • Macedonian: “Илулисат”
  • Malay: “Ilulissat”
  • Maltese: “Ilulissat”
  • Mingrelian: “ილულისატი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ilulissat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilulissat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jakobshavn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ilulissat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jakobshavn”
  • Norwegian: “Ilulissat”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Iacobeshæfn”
  • Ossetian: “Илулиссат”
  • Persian: “ایلولیسات”
  • Piemontese: “Ilulissat”
  • Polish: “Ilulissat”
  • Polish: “Jakobshavn”
  • Portuguese: “Ilulissat”
  • Portuguese: “Jakobshavn”
  • Romanian: “Ilulissat”
  • Russian: “Иллулисат”
  • Russian: “Илулиссат”
  • Russian: “Якобсхавн”
  • Samogitian: “Ilulisats”
  • Scots: “Ilulissat”
  • Serbian: “Ilulisat”
  • Serbian: “Ilulissat”
  • Serbian: “Илулисат”
  • Sinhala: “ඉලුලිසැට්, ග්‍රීන්ලන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Ilulissat”
  • Slovenian: “Ilulissat”
  • Slovenian: “Jakobshavn”
  • Slovenian: “Sermermiut”
  • Spanish: “Ilulissat”
  • Spanish: “Jakobshavn”
  • Swedish: “Ilulissat”
  • Swedish: “Jakobshavn”
  • Swedish: “Sermermiut”
  • Turkish: “Ilulissat”
  • Ukrainian: “Ілуліссат”
  • Ukrainian: “Якобсгавн”
  • Urdu: “الولیسات”
  • Uzbek: “Ilulissat”
  • “Ilulisats”
  • “Ilulissat”

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