Kangilinnguit

Kangilinnguit
Grønnedal
Fjord icefloes, view from Kangilinnguit
Fjord icefloes, view from Kangilinnguit
Kangilinnguit is located in Greenland
Kangilinnguit
Kangilinnguit
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 61°14′00″N 48°05′55″W / 61.23333°N 48.09861°W / 61.23333; -48.09861
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
Municipality Sermersooq
Population
 (2010)
 • Total160
Time zoneUTC-03
Postal Code
3905 Nuussuaq
Kangilinnguit Heliport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
Elevation AMSL95 ft / 29 m
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
1 45 × 40 147 × 131 Asphalt
Kangilinnguit, 1977.

Kangilinnguit or Kangilínguit, formerly Grønnedal Greenlandic pronunciation: [kaŋiliŋːuit], is a settlement and location of a former naval base in Greenland's Sermersooq municipality, located at the mouth of Arsuk Fjord[1] in southwestern Greenland. The settlement had 160 inhabitants in 2010,[2] most of whom are Danish Navy personnel, attached to Island Command Greenland headquarters.[3]

For the former U.S. Naval Operating Facility there, see Bluie West Seven.

  1. ^ "Greenland and the Arctic". By Etain O'Carroll and Mark Elliott. Lonely Planet 2005. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
  2. ^ Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
  3. ^ Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation Archived 2007-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search