Isertoq (

West Greenlandic West Greenlandic ( da, vestgrønlandsk), also known as Kalaallisut, is the primary language of Greenland and constitutes the Greenlandic language, spoken by the vast majority of the inhabitants of Greenland, as well as by thousands of Greenland ...

: ''Isortoq'') is a settlement in the

Sermersooq Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...

municipality, in southeastern

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. Its population was 64 in 2020.

Population

The population of Isertoq has decreased by nearly half relative to the 1990 levels, and by 27 percent relative to the 2000 levels,Statistics Greenland
reflecting the depopulation of the nearby

Kuummiit Kuummiit ( Kalaallisut: ''Kuummiut'') is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland. Founded in 1915, it had 248 inhabitants in 2020. Geography The settlement is located on the eastern shore of the Ammassalik Fjord, a ...

and

Tiniteqilaaq Tiilerilaaq (formerly ''Tiniteqilaaq'') is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality, in southeastern Greenland. Its population was 96 in 2020. Population The population of Tiilerilaaq has decreased by 30 percent relative to the 1990 levels, ...

Transport

During weekdays

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serves the village as part of government contract, with flights from

Isortoq Heliport Isortoq Heliport is a heliport in Isortoq, a village in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland. The heliport is considered a ''helistop'', and is served by Air Greenland Air Greenland A/S (formerly named Grønlandsfly), also k ...

Nuuk Airport Nuuk Airport ( kl, Mittarfik Nuuk; da, Godthåb Lufthavn; is an airport serving Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The airport is a technical base and focus city for Air Greenland, the flag carrier airline of Greenland, linking the capital with s ...

and

Kulusuk Airport Kulusuk Airport ( kl, Mittarfik Kulusuk) is an airport in Kulusuk, a settlement on an island of the same name off the shore of the North Atlantic in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland. History The airstrip was built by US d ...

.Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals

An Arctic cargobike, ''Isortoq'', is named for the truly remote character of Isertoq.
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serves the village as part of government contract, with flights from

and

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