Ikamiut 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 i ...

, located on a small island in the Aasiaat Archipelago on the southern shores of Disko Bay. Its population was 86 in 2020.

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 ch ...

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

Ikamiut Heliport Ikamiut Heliport is a heliport in Ikamiut, a village in the 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 ...

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 ...

and

Qasigiannguit Heliport Qasigiannguit Heliport is a heliport in the eastern part of Qasigiannguit, a town located on the southeastern shores of Disko Bay in Qeqertalik municipality, in western Greenland. Airlines and destinations Air Greenland operates government co ...

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

Qasigiannguit Qasigiannguit (), formerly Christianshåb, is a town located in western Greenland on the southeastern shore of Disko Bay in the Qeqertalik municipality. With 1,081 inhabitants in 2020, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. The main indu ...

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 ...

, and

Akunnaaq Akunnaaq (old spelling: ''Akúnâk'') is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Its population was 66 in 2020. Akunnaaq is located east of Aasiaat on the Akunnaap Nunnaa island. The settlement was founded in 1850. Tra ...

Population

The population of Ikamiut has been stable in the last two decades.Statistics Greenland

References

{{Settlements in Greenland Disko Bay Populated places in Greenland Populated places of Arctic Greenland Qeqertalik