Narsarsuaq
Sign in to saveNarsarsuaq (lit. Great Plain; old spelling: Narssarssuaq) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The settlement's economy and population of 123 inhabitants is almost entirely reliant on Narsarsuaq Airport, an old U.S. military base (Bluie West One). There is a tourism industry in and around Narsarsuaq, whose attractions include a great diversity of wildlife, gemstones, tours to glaciers, and an airfield museum.
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Place details
- Locality
- Narsarsuaq
- Region
- Kujalleq
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 123
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Narsarsuaq
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Narsarsuaq-tunulliarfik.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Narsarsuaq and Tunulliarfik Fjord
- 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
- 22px Kujalleq
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rural area
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Kujalleq
- Population
- +124
- Area
- +47.71
- Elevation
- +34
- Image
- Narsarsuaq-tunulliarfik.jpg
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Post-war
- Closure of airport
- Transport
- Population
- Climate
- Greenlandic Arboretum
- References
Narsarsuaq (lit. Great Plain; old spelling: Narssarssuaq) is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The settlement's economy and population of 123 inhabitants is almost entirely reliant on Narsarsuaq Airport, an old U.S. military base (Bluie West One). There is a tourism industry in and around Narsarsuaq, whose attractions include a great diversity of wildlife, gemstones, tours to glaciers, and an airfield museum.
==History== thumb|200px|left|Narsarsuaq valley (Flower valley), seen from Mellemlandet Narsarsuaq is located within the Eastern Settlement of the Greenlandic Norse; the Brattahlíð farm of Erik the Red established in 985 was located on the opposite bank of Tunulliarfik Fjord, where the modern settlement of Qassiarsuk is situated.