Nuugaatsiaq

Nuugaatsiaq
Nuugaatsiaq after the 2017 tsunami
Nuugaatsiaq after the 2017 tsunami
Nuugaatsiaq is located in Greenland
Nuugaatsiaq
Nuugaatsiaq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 71°32′06″N 53°12′45″W / 71.53500°N 53.21250°W / 71.53500; -53.21250
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Population
 (2020)
 • Total0
Time zoneUTC-03
Postal code
3961 Uummannaq

Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010,[1] but was abandoned after a tsunami struck in 2017.

  1. ^ Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)

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