Tasiusaq | |
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Wooden houses in Tasiusaq | |
Coordinates: 73°22′08″N56°03′20″W / 73.36889°N 56.05556°W Coordinates: 73°22′08″N56°03′20″W / 73.36889°N 56.05556°W | |
State | |
Constituent country | |
Municipality | Avannaata |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 252 |
Time zone | UTC-03 |
Postal code | 3962 Upernavik |
Tasiusaq (old spelling: Tasiussaq) is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It had 252 inhabitants in 2020. [1] In Kalaallisut, the name means "looks like a lake".
Tasiusaq is located on Tasiusaq Island 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 [2] 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 . [3]
Tasiusaq is one of the few settlements in the Avannaata municipality exhibiting significant growth patterns over the course of the last two decades, increasing by nearly half relative to the 1990 levels and by over 7 percent relative to the 2000 levels. [4]
During weekdays Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with flights from Tasiusaq Heliport to Innaarsuit Heliport and to Upernavik Airport. [5]
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Tasiusaq Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentation of northeastern Baffin Bay. The name of the bay derives from the name of the settlement of the same name in the bay.
Tuttulikassak is a nunatak in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
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Nunatarsuaq is a nunatak in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Saattorsuaq Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Apparsuit Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. Cape Shackleton, the western promontory of the island, marks the northernmost extent of Tasiusaq Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay.
Appaalissiorfiup Ikerasaa is a strait in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Cape Shackleton is a cape in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The cape is the western promontory on Apparsuit Island, delimiting the northern end of Tasiusaq Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago.
Uigorlersuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Illunnguit Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Innaarsuit Island is an island in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, home to the Innaarsuit settlement.