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    Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has...
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    Uummannaq. Uummannaq is located 590 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle on Uummannaq Island located in the south-central arm of the Uummannaq Fjord...
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    south-central part of the Uummannaq Fjord, it is home to the most prominent mountain on the Arctic coast of western Greenland and to Uummannaq, the largest town...
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    located on the small Uummannaq Island in the central part of the Uummannaq Fjord. It entirely dominates the landscape of the island, its base occupying...
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    Avannaata (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    (Øen) Saqqaq (Solsiden) Qaanaaq (Thule) Qeqertat Savissivik Siorapaluk Uummannaq (Omenak) Ikerasak Illorsuit Niaqornat Nuugaatsiaq Qaarsut Saattut Ukkusissat...
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  • Greenland Uummannaq Island, an island in the above fjord Uummannaq (mountain), a mountain on Uummannaq Island Uummannaq, a town on Uummannaq Island Umanak...
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    Ikerasak Island (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    northwestern Greenland, located in the southeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, at the mouth of Ikerasak Fjord, its innermost section. The island has an elongated...
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    Nunavik Peninsula (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    separates two cultural and geographical regions of northwestern Greenland: Uummannaq Fjord region in the southeast, and Upernavik Archipelago in the north. The...
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    Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord region. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable...
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    Sarqarput Strait (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    Sarqarput Strait is a strait in the Uummannaq Fjord system in northwestern Greenland. It separates Uummannaq Island in the northeast from Nuussuaq Peninsula...
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  • Talerua Island (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    northwestern Greenland, located in the southeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, at the mouth of Ikerasak Fjord, its innermost section. The island has an elongated...
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    Appat Island (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    Greenland. At 211 km2 (81.5 sq mi), it is one of the larger islands in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located in its north-central part. It is the site of the former...
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    commercial port towards smaller settlements in more remote regions of Uummannaq Fjord, Upernavik Archipelago, and as far as Qaanaaq in northern Greenland...
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    Salleq Island (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    northwestern Greenland. It is located in the north-central part of the Uummannaq Fjord. The walls of the island feature characteristic multicolored bands...
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    Perlerfiup Kangerlua (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    Kangerdlua) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is a tributary fjord of the larger Uummannaq Fjord system. The fjord head at approximately...
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    municipality in northwestern Greenland. The island is located in the Uummannaq Fjord. Ritenbenck was founded in 1755 by the General Trade Company. The name...
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    Nuugaatsiaq (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010, but was abandoned after a tsunami...
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    Assorput Strait (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    spelling: Agssorput) is a strait in the Uummannaq Fjord system in northwestern Greenland. It separates Uummannaq Island in the west from Salliaruseq Island...
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    Ukkusissat (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    the Uummannaq Fjord system. To the north of the settlement, Perlerfiup Kangerlua, a large inner fjord empties into the main branch of Uummannaq Fjord. To...
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  • Saattut (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    Saattut Island, southeast of Appat Island and northeast of Uummannaq in the Uummannaq Fjord system, the settlement had 226 inhabitants in 2020. Air Greenland...
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    and established Greenlandair Charter. Mining at Maamorilik in the Uummannaq Fjord required still more helicopters, and the airline purchased Bell 206s...
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    Torsukattak Strait (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    municipality in northwestern Greenland. Located in the northeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, it separates the Ukkusissat Peninsula in the northeast from Appat...
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    located on an island of the same name in the south-central part of Uummannaq Fjord. The island−merely 23 km (14 mi) away in a direct line across Sarqarput...
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    settlement in the Uummannaq Fjord region; the airport serving both the village and the larger town of Uummannaq, located on the rocky Uummannaq Island. Due...
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    Salliaruseq Island (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    islands in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located in its central part due east of Uummannaq Island. Air Greenland helicopters approach Uummannaq Heliport on...
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    Ikerasak (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    from Uummannaq, at the southeastern end of Ikerasak Island in the northwestern part of Ikerasak Fjord, where it widens into the inner part of Uummannaq Fjord...
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    Qilakitsoq (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    near the city of Uummannaq on the northern coast of the Nuussuaq peninsula (Greenlandic: Big Cape) in a sheltered cover of the Karrat Fjord. The Greenlandic...
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    Niaqornat (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    the northern coast of the Nuussuaq Peninsula, with a wide view over Uummannaq Fjord. It had 35 inhabitants in 2020. Fishing is the mainstay of the economy...
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    Qaasuitsup (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    (currently in Qeqertalik) Qeqertarsuaq Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik) Uummannaq Municipality (currently in Avannaata) Upernavik Municipality (currently...
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  • Maamorilik (category Uummannaq Fjord)
    southern shore of the Qaumarujuk Fjord, a tributary fjord of Perlerfiup Kangerlua, an inner branch of the Uummannaq Fjord. The first excavations in Maamorilik...
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