Pituffik

Pituffik
The tombolo known as Uummannaq
Pituffik Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 76°32′N 68°45′W / 76.533°N 68.750°W / 76.533; -68.750
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata
Relocated	1953
Time zone	UTC-04

Pituffik is a former settlement in northern Greenland, located at the eastern end of Bylot Sound by a tombolo known as Uummannaq, near the current site of the American Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base. The former inhabitants were relocated to the present-day town of Qaanaaq. The relocation and the fallout from the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash in the vicinity are a contentious issue in Greenland's relations with Denmark and the United States.