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Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a now abandoned settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on 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 struck in 2017.

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Vinony's link graph records 159 inbound references to Nuugaatsiaq, and connects out to Danish Realm, Greenland and earthquake.

The entry is geolocated on the map in GL, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Avannaata, Populated places in Greenland and Populated places of Arctic Greenland.

Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Nuugaatsiaq
Settlement.image_skyline
Nuugaatsiaq.png
Settlement.image_caption
Damage to Nuugaatsiaq during the 2017 tsunami
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.population_as_of
2020
Settlement.population_total
0
Settlement.timezone
UTC-03
Settlement.postal_code_type
Postal code
Settlement.postal_code
3961 Uummannaq

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
ghost town
Country
Greenland
Located in
Avannaata
Population
0
Image
Nuugaatsiaq.png
Significant event
tsunami
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Commons category
Nuugaatsiaq
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 2017 tsunami
  • Transport
  • Infrastructure
  • Population
  • References

Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a now abandoned settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on 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 struck in 2017.

== History ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nuugaatsiaq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

2 mapped locations

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