Skip to content
Pituffik Space Base
ConceptQ131520504· pop 25· linked from 1,925 articles

Pituffik Space Base

Sign in to save

Also known as Thule Air Base

Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and the United States.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Pituffik Space Base is referenced by 1,925 other articles, and connects out to Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, IATA airport code and United States Department of Defense.

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

Vinony files it under 1950s establishments in Greenland, 1953 establishments in Denmark and Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Greenland.

Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikipedia views (30d)

15,154 total

via Wikimedia Pageviews API

Described at

Greenland: Staying with the Polar Inuit. How a secret military base helped trigger the silent collapse of an Arctic world

In 1951, the French Explorer Jean Malaurie witnessed the building of a US military base in Greenland in near total secrecy, which marked an irreversible turning point for Inuit societies.

theconversation.com →

Link to a page describing this subject · 15,080 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Country
Greenland
Image
Thule Air Base aerial view.jpg
Show 4 more facts
Commons category
Pituffik Space Base
inception
1951-00-00

via Wikidata · CC0

Gallery (2)

On the map

2 mapped locations

Connections

Categories