• Attu is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located on a small island on the shores of Davis Strait. Its population was 203...
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  • place on Attu Island in May 1943. Attu Station, Alaska, a LORAN station on Attu Island Attu (Greenland), a settlement in western Greenland Attu (film),...
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  • was born on 30 January 1977 in Attu. In 2001, Munk earned a bachelor's degree in theology from the University of Greenland. Three years later, she was ordained...
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  • Attu Heliport (IATA: QGQ, ICAO: BGAT) is a heliport in Attu, a village in the southernmost part of Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, on the...
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    Naviair Greenland AIP for BGAS – Ammassivik Heliport from Naviair Greenland AIP for BGAR – Arsuk Heliport from Naviair Greenland AIP for BGAT – Attu Heliport...
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    settlements in Greenland. The English term 'city' hardly applies to any populated area in Greenland (although several places in Greenland are considered...
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    a list of cities and towns in Greenland as of 2021. The term 'city' is used loosely for any populated area in Greenland, given that the most populated...
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    The fall of Denmark in April 1940 left the Danish colony of Greenland an unoccupied territory of an occupied nation, under the possibility of seizure...
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    Igaliku (redirect from Gardar (Greenland))
    Igaliku is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The town was founded as Igaliko in 1783 by the trader and colonial administrator...
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    Aleut language (redirect from Attu dialect)
    dialects, including Unalaska (Eastern Aleut), Atka/Atkan (Atka Aleut), and Attu/Attuan (Western Aleut, now extinct). Various sources estimate there are fewer...
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    While found across a wide range, today breeding from as far west as Greenland and Iceland across to as far east as Hokkaido, Japan, they are often scarce...
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    Kangaatsiaq (category Populated places in Greenland)
    existed much longer. It has 507 inhabitants as of 2023. Nearby settlements are Attu, Niaqornaarsuk, Ikerasaarsuk and Iginniarfik. Fishing and seal hunting are...
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    Point of Amatignak Island), as Attu Island is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Easternmost point — Nordostrundingen, Greenland 81°26′25″N 11°29′22″W / 81.44028°N...
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    Qeqertalik (category Municipalities of Greenland)
    (Egedesminde) Akunnaaq Kitsissuarsuit (Hunde Ejlande, Dog's Island) Kangaatsiaq Attu Iginniarfik Ikerasaarsuk Niaqornaarsuk Qasigiannguit (Christianshåb) Ikamiut...
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  • negotiations on conventional arms control from the Atlantic to the Urals (ATTU). In 1987, the Stockholm Document entered into force and for the first time...
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    Aasiaat Airport (category Airports in Greenland)
    northeast of Aasiaat, a town in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. It can serve STOL aircraft, although there is no aircraft deicing equipment...
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    7614889°E / 28.1544083; 34.7614889 (Ash Shaykh Humayd – 7030-Y / 8830-Y) Attu Island United States North Pacific (GRI 9990) Russian-American (GRI 5980)...
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    USS Triton while escorting the seaplane tender Kamikawa Maru southeast of Attu, near Agattu Island. She capsized two minutes after being hit and sank in...
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  • Nordostrundingen, Greenland 81°26′25″N 11°29′22″W / 81.44028°N 11.48944°W / 81.44028; -11.48944 (Nordostrundingen) Westernmost point — Cape Wrangell on Attu Island...
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    Bay Island and southeastern Alaska L. m. evermanni (Elliot D.G., 1896) - Attu Island of the west Aleutian Islands, USA) L. m. gerasimovi (Red'kin, 2005)...
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    Niaqornaarsuk (category Populated places in Greenland)
    serviced by Diskoline. The ferry links Niaqornaarsuk with Kangaatsiaq, Attu, Iginniarfik, Ikerasaarsuk, and Aasiaat. The population of Niaqornaarsuk...
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  • Ikerasaarsuk (category Populated places in Greenland)
    Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Previously known as Ikerakuuk, its population was 98 in 2021. Air Greenland serves the village as part of government...
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  • Madison and mainland Kitsap County in Puget Sound Agattu Strait – between Attu Island and Agattu Island in the Alaskan Aleutians Akashi Strait – between...
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    German weather stations also operated in North America included three in Greenland, Holzauge, Bassgeiger, and Edelweiss. German Kriegsmarine ships also operated...
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  • 1963 Greenlandic Provincial Council election (category Elections in Greenland)
    Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 28 June 1963. Independents won all 16 seats. Members of the Provincial Council were elected by...
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  • of Svalbard are in the same category, whereas for example islands of Greenland are considered part of North America. The figures of Bolshoy Berezovy...
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    Hutchison published poetry, books describing her travels to Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands, and articles in National Geographic...
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    climate and ecology vary widely, from the arctic tundra of Northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska, to the tropical rainforests in Central America and South...
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    Qaasuitsup (category Former municipalities of Greenland)
    pronunciation: [qaːsuitt͡sup̚], Place of Polar Darkness) was a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2017. As of January 2015...
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    uninhabited until 1825, when the Russian-American Company relocated Aleuts from Attu Island and Atka Island there. The first fossils discovered outside the Commander...
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