Pituffik is a former settlement in northern Greenland, located at the eastern end of Bylot Sound by a tombolo known as Uummannaq, near the current site...
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Pituffik Space Base (/biːduːˈfiːk/ bee-doo-FEEK; Greenlandic: [pitufːik]; IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), formerly Thule Air Base (/tuːliː/ or /tuːleɪ/), is a...
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Qaanaaq (category Pituffik Space Base)
known as Pituffik ("the place the dogs are tied") stood on the wide plain where the base was built in 1951. (A main base street was named Pituffik Boulevard...
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Space Force Base, and Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station in Colorado, Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, New Boston Space Force Station in New Hampshire...
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the large Northeast Greenland National Park which is unincorporated. The Pituffik Space Base is administered by the United States Space Force and operates...
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Bluie East Two and Marrak Point, both in 1942) and Pituffik Space Base in 1953 (although Pituffik is not operated as a civilian airport) and Kulusuk Airport...
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to serve Qaanaaq and neighboring communities because Thule Air Base in Pituffik is not open for regular passenger traffic. It is the only civilian airport...
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L'Anse-au-Clair and Norman Bay Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Denmark Greenland Pituffik (Thule) (former settlement), Qaanaaq (present settlement) United Kingdom...
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tall guyed mast for military longwave transmission at Northmountain on Pituffik Space Base on Greenland. Globecom Tower, whose design is similar to that...
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warning, missile defense, and space situation awareness, stationed at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland. The primary mission of the 12th SWS is to provide...
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Prior to October 29, 2023, the area was on the East Greenland Time. Except Pituffik Space Base UTC−04:00 as standard time, and UTC−03:00 as daylight saving...
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The United States maintains Pituffik Space Base on Greenland, which houses the 12th Space Warning Squadron. Under a bilateral agreement, Denmark has little...
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Midway Atoll Navassa Island Palmyra Atoll Wake Island Indian reservations List of Indian reservations International concessions Guantanamo Bay Pituffik...
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and Miquelon Greenland (winter) Except areas around Danmarkshavn, and Pituffik (Thule) Brazil (year-round) Fernando de Noronha Trindade and Martin Vaz...
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Midway Atoll Navassa Island Palmyra Atoll Wake Island Indian reservations List of Indian reservations International concessions Guantanamo Bay Pituffik...
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L'Anse-au-Clair and Norman's Bay Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Denmark Greenland Pituffik (Thule) United Kingdom Bermuda Principal cities: Cayenne, São Paulo, Brasília...
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Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island Chile (most) Greenland: Pituffik Space Base UTC−03:30 Canada: Newfoundland, Labrador (southeast) UTC−03:00...
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Operation Blue Jay was the code name for the construction of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. It started as a secret project, but was made public in September...
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incorporated except for the Northeast Greenland National Park and the Pituffik Space Base. In France, all land is incorporated except for Clipperton Island...
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United States Coast Guard LORAN station in Northwest Greenland, south of Pituffik Space Base. It was established in 1954 and disestablished in 1975. The...
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scientific research base in Greenland, situated 240 km (150 mi) east of Pituffik Space Base. When built, Camp Century was publicized as a demonstration...
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depending on local demand for a given day. Travellers bound for Pituffik Space Base in Pituffik are required to apply for access permit from either Rigsombudsmanden...
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being used as a base for space exploration, and has been renamed to the Pituffik Space Base in 2023. There currently is one man named Paul Cohen who has...
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returning to Pond Inlet in Canada at a cost of many lives. Inhabitants of Pituffik, later relocated to Qaanaaq, are partially descended from this last group...
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for five municipalities. The Northeast Greenland National Park and the Pituffik Space Base, which are unincorporated and not part of any municipality,...
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Force Station, MA, Clear Space Force Station, AK, RAF Fylingdales, UK, and Pituffik Space Base, Greenland. The system completed replacement of the RCA 474L...
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to the great powers including China, Russia and the United States. The Pituffik Space Base is therefore a military zone under the control of the United...
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Municipalities Cities and towns Unincorporated Areas: National Park Pituffik Space Base (Pituffik) Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Steen...
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depending on local demand for a given day. Travellers bound for Pituffik Space Base in Pituffik were required to apply for an access permit from either Rigsombudsmanden...
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Denmark allowed the U.S. to maintain an existing base, Thule Air Base (now Pituffik Space Base), in Greenland. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s, France...
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