Akunnaaq
Sign in to saveAkunnaaq (old spelling: Akúnâk) is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Its population was 55 in 2025. Akunnaaq is located east of Aasiaat on the Akunnaap Nunnaa island. The settlement was founded in 1850.
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Place details
- Locality
- Akunnaaq
- Region
- GL.05
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 66
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Akunnaaq
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Akunnaaq.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Akunnaaq
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Qeqertalik
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1850
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 55
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- Western Greenland Summer Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1_DST
- −01:00
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rural area
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Qeqertalik
- Population
- 85
- Elevation
- 17
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Image
- Akunnaaq.jpg
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- Akunnaaq
- inception
- 1850-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Transport
- Population
- References
Akunnaaq (old spelling: Akúnâk) is a settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Its population was 55 in 2025. Akunnaaq is located east of Aasiaat on the Akunnaap Nunnaa island. The settlement was founded in 1850.
== Transport == Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights between Akunnaaq Heliport and Aasiaat Airport. Settlement flights in the Disko Bay are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akunnaaq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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