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Oqaatsut (Danish: Hollandshuk or Rødebugt; Dutch: Roobay) is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in western Greenland. It had 29 inhabitants in 2020. The modern name of the settlement is Kalaallisut for "Cormorants". The village is served by the communal all-purpose Pilersuisoq store.

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Place details

Locality
Oqaatsut
Region
GL.05
Country
Kalaallit Nunaat
Population
29

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Oqaatsut
Settlement.image_skyline
Oqaatsut, Greenland.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
Rødebugt seen in 2007
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.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Ole Dorph
Settlement.population_as_of
2025
Settlement.population_total
42
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
Oqaatsut
Population
27
Area
0.61
Elevation
1
Image
Oqaatsut Rodebay, Greenland (54067261286).jpg
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Commons category
Oqaatsut
postal code
3952 Ilulissat
inception
1701-00-00
native label
Oqaatsut
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Oqaatsut (Danish: Hollandshuk or Rødebugt; Dutch: Roobay) is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in western Greenland. It had 29 inhabitants in 2020. The modern name of the settlement is Kalaallisut for "Cormorants". The village is served by the communal all-purpose Pilersuisoq store.

==Geography== thumb|left|Icebergs from the Ilulissat Icefjord float north with the [[West Greenland Current towards Baffin Bay, to then return south along the coast of Baffin Island and Labrador Peninsula]] The settlement is located on a small peninsula jutting off the mainland into western Disko Bay (), 14 km north of Ilulissat. The settlement itself faces the shore of the small Akuliarusinnguaq bay, bounded to the north by Qeqertaq island, one of several islands with that name − 'qeqertaq' means 'island' in Greenlandic.

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