Nanortalik
Sign in to saveNanortalik (, ), formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,072 inhabitants as of 2024, it is the eleventh-largest town in the country. The name Nanortalik means "Place of Polar Bears" or "Place Where the Polar Bears Go" (from ). It is the southernmost town in Greenland with a population of over 1,000.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nanortalik
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nanortalik1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Nanortalik from nearby Ravnefjeldet in 2006
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
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- Location in Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 22px Kujalleq
- Settlement.elevation_ft
- 43
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 1072
- Settlement.timezone1
- WGT
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Nanortalik Island
- Mountaineering
- Climate
- Economy
- Flora and fauna
- Marine mammals
- Population
- Notable people
- Transport
- Points of interest
- Twin Towns
- References
Nanortalik (, ), formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,072 inhabitants as of 2024, it is the eleventh-largest town in the country. The name Nanortalik means "Place of Polar Bears" or "Place Where the Polar Bears Go" (from ). It is the southernmost town in Greenland with a population of over 1,000.
== History == Because of its location, this area was one of the first parts of Greenland settled by the Norse and one of the last settled by the Inuit. The town was founded in 1770 as Nennortalik. In 1797, a permanent trading depot was set up in Nanortalik by traders from Julianehåb. Due to poor harbour facilities, the town was moved three kilometers northward in 1830, where it remains today. Of the old town, only some scattered ruins remain.