Attu is a settlement in the

Qeqertalik Qeqertalik (, da, Den Ene med Øerne, lit=The One with Islands) is a municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of the former Qaasuitsup Municipality. Geography Qeqertalik Municipality is flanked in the south by the ...

municipality in western

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

, located on a small island on the shores of

Davis Strait Davis Strait is a northern arm of the Atlantic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for the English explorer Jo ...

. Its population was 203 in 2020. It is the southernmost settlement in the municipality.

Transport

Air Greenland Air Greenland A/S (formerly named Grønlandsfly), also known as Greenlandair, is the flag carrier airline of Greenland, owned by the Greenlandic Government. It operates a fleet of 32 aircraft, including 1 airliner used for transatlantic and cha ...

serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from

Attu Heliport Attu Heliport is a heliport in Attu, a village in the southernmost part of Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, on the shore of Davis Strait. The heliport is considered a ''helistop'', and is served by Air Greenland as part of governme ...

Aasiaat Airport Aasiaat Airport ( kl, Mittarfik Aasiaat) is an airport located in the Disko Bay, northeast of Aasiaat, a town in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. It can serve STOL aircraft, although there is no aircraft deicing equipment at th ...

and

Kangaatsiaq Heliport Kangaatsiaq Heliport is a heliport in Kangaatsiaq, a village in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The heliport is considered a ''helistop'', and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract. Airlines and destinations ...

. Settlement flights in the Disko Bay are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring. During summer and autumn, when the waters of

Disko Bay Disko Bay ( kl, Qeqertarsuup tunua; da, DiskobugtenChristensen, N.O. & al.Elections in Greenland. ''Arctic Circular'', Vol. 4 (1951), pp. 83–85. Op. cit. "Northern News". ''Arctic'', Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar 1952), pp. 58–59.) is a large ...

are navigable, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by

Diskoline Disko Line A/S is a passenger and freight ferry line in western Greenland. It was founded in 2004DiskolineAbout/ref> as a small freight company. Complementary transport services Diskoline provides sea transport services on contract with the ...

.Diskoline timetable
The ferry links Attu with

Kangaatsiaq Kangaatsiaq (, old spelling: ''Kangâtsiaq'') is a town located in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The town received town status as recently as 1986, though as a settlement it has existed much longer. It has 520 inhabitants as of ...

, and further with

Iginniarfik Iginniarfik is a village in the municipality of Qeqertalik, in western Greenland. Its population was 76 in 2020. Transport Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Iginniarfik H ...

Ikerasaarsuk Ikerasaarsuk is a village in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Its population was 98 in 2021. Transport Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Ikerasaarsuk Heliport ...

Niaqornaarsuk Niaqornaarsuk () is a village in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, along the northern entrance to Arfersiorfik Fjord. Its population was 249 in 2020. Transport Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, wit ...

, and

Aasiaat Aasiaat () or Ausiait, formerly Egedesminde, is a town in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago at the southern end of Disko Bay. With a population of 3,069 as of 2020, it is Greenland's fo ...

Population

Attu has experienced a sharp decline in population over a long period of time.Statistics Greenland
The settlement lost nearly 36 percent of its population relative to the 1990 levels, and more than a quarter relative to the 2000 levels, with the population still decreasing.

References

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