Kullorsuaq
Sign in to saveKullorsuaq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the northernmost settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on Kullorsuaq Island at the southern end of Melville Bay, itself part of the larger Baffin Bay.
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- Locality
- Kullorsuaq
- Region
- Avannaata
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 453
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kullorsuaq
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kullorsuaq.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Wooden houses in Kullorsuaq
- 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
- Avannaata
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1928
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 441
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- Western Greenland Summer Time
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kullorsuaq
- Population
- 436
- Area
- 1.022
- Elevation
- 54
- Image
- Kullorsuaq.jpg
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Kullorsuaq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the northernmost settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on Kullorsuaq Island at the southern end of Melville Bay, itself part of the larger Baffin Bay.
The settlement was founded in 1928 and became a trading station, growing in size after World War II when hunters from several small villages around Inussulik Bay, Sugar Loaf Bay, and Tasiusaq Bay moved into the larger settlements such as Nuussuaq and Kullorsuaq. Today, Kullorsuaq remains one of the most traditional hunting and fishing villages in Greenland, but maintains a stable population.
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