Aappilattoq, Avannaata

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Aappilattoq
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Aappilattoq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 72°53′00″N55°36′00″W / 72.88333°N 55.60000°W / 72.88333; -55.60000
Sovereign state Flag of Denmark.svg Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country Greenland
Municipality Avannaata
Founded1805
Population
 (1 January 2025)
 • Total
149
Time zone UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time)
Postal code
3962 Upernavik

Aappilattoq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on an island of the same name in the southern part of Upernavik Archipelago. Founded in 1805, [1] the settlement had 149 inhabitants in 2025. [2]

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Upernavik Archipelago

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Aappilattoq within the Upernavik Archipelago

Aappilattoq is located within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately 71°50′N56°00′W / 71.833°N 56.000°W / 71.833; -56.000 [3] to the southern end of Melville Bay (Greenlandic : Qimusseriarsuaq) in the north at approximately 74°50′N57°30′W / 74.833°N 57.500°W / 74.833; -57.500 . [4]

Transport

During weekdays Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights between Aappilattoq Heliport and Upernavik Airport. [5]

Population

The population of Aappilattoq has increased in the 1990s. It has been however steadily decreasing since. [6]

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Aappilattoq population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland [6]

References

  1. ↑ Qaasuitsup Municipality Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
  2. ↑ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Nunavik, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  4. ↑ Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  5. ↑ Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
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