Upernavik Kujalleq (old spelling: ''Upernavik Kujatdleq''), formerly Søndre Upernavik, is an island 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 A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

. Founded in 1855 as a trading station on

Qeqertaq Island Qeqertarsuaq, also known as Qeqertaq meaning just "Island", is an island in Avannaata municipality, near Upernavik, in northwestern Greenland. It is located in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Melville Bay of the Baffin Bay. Geography Qeqertaq is ...

, the settlement had 201 inhabitants in 2020.

Upernavik Archipelago

Upernavik Kujalleq is the only settlement on

, which is the second largest island of Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arct ...

. It is located near ''Qugdlungut'', the southernmost point of the island, and features a heliport,

Transport

On weekdays, Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from

Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport is a heliport in Upernavik Kujalleq, a village in the Upernavik Archipelago of Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport is considered a ''helistop'', and is served by Air Greenland Air Greenlan ...

to Kangersuatsiaq and Upernavik.

Population

The population of Upernavik Kujalleq has remained relatively stable over the last two decades.

References

{{Upernavik Archipelago Populated places in Greenland Populated places of Arctic Greenland Upernavik Archipelago Populated places established in 1855 Avannaata 1855 establishments in the Danish colonial empire