Qaarsut (old spelling: ''Kaersut'') is a settlement in
Avannaata
Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants.
Geography
In ...
municipality, in northwestern
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 ...
. It is situated on the northeastern shore of the
Nuussuaq Peninsula
Nuussuaq Peninsula (, old spelling: ''Nûgssuaq'') is a large (180x48 km) peninsula in western Greenland.
Geography
The waters around the peninsula are that of Baffin Bay. To the south and southwest the peninsula is bounded by Disko Bay, ...
. It had 174 inhabitants in 2020.
History
The first coal mine in Greenland operated between 1778 and 1924 in Qaarsuarsuit.
Transport
Qaarsut Airport, located to the northwest of the settlement, serves both Qaarsut and
Uummannaq
Uummannaq is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland. With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020, it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal. Founded in 1763 as Omenak, ...
, the latter accessible only by
helicopter
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.
Population
The population of Qaarsut has dropped by over 18 percent relative to the 2000 levels, reflecting a general trend in the region.
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Gallery
File:Qaarsut and its church.jpg, Qaarsut's chapel
File:Qaarsut and Uummannaq's mountain.jpg, Qaarsut and Uummannaq's mountain in the background
File:Overview of Qaarsut, Greenland.jpg, Overview of Qaarsut
File:Colourful houses in Qaarsut.jpg, Colourful houses
File:Qaarsut's primary school.jpg, School
File:Qaarsut at midnight.jpg, Qaarsut at midnight sun
References
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Populated places in Greenland
Populated places of Arctic Greenland
Avannaata
Uummannaq Fjord