Uummannaq

Uummannaq
Ûmañak, Ũmánaĸ
Uummannaq
Uummannaq
Uummannaq is located in Greenland
Uummannaq
Uummannaq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 70°40′29″N 52°07′35″W / 70.67472°N 52.12639°W / 70.67472; -52.12639
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Founded1763
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,407[1]
Time zoneUTC-03
Postal code
3961

Uummannaq[2] is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland. With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020,[1] it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal. Founded in 1763[3] as Omenak,[4] the town is a hunting and fishing base, with a canning factory and a marble quarry.[5] In 1932, the Universal Greenland-Filmexpedition with director Arnold Fanck released the film S.O.S. Eisberg near Uummannaq.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
  2. ^ The pre-1973 spelling was Umanaq, Ũmánaq, or Umanak.
  3. ^ [1] Archived October 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Colton, G.W. "Northern America. British, Russian & Danish Possessions In North America." J.H. Colton & Co. (New York), 1855.
  5. ^ [2] Archived October 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "1932: In Greenland". Estate of Walter Riml. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-17. – About filming in Greenland. Lobbycards, photos, etc. of Walter Rimls estate

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