Qaarsut
Sign in to saveQaarsut (old spelling: Kʼaersut) is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. It is situated on the northeastern shore of the Nuussuaq Peninsula. It had 172 inhabitants in 2025.
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- Locality
- Qaarsut
- Region
- Avannaata
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 174
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qaarsut
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Qaarsut aerial.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial panorama of Qaarsut
- 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
- 1 January 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 172
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- Western Greenland Summer Time
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Qaarsut (old spelling: Kʼaersut) is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. It is situated on the northeastern shore of the Nuussuaq Peninsula. It had 172 inhabitants in 2025.
== Geography == The village is located on the north coast of the Nuussuaq Peninsula. It is at the foot of the high Qilertinnguit mountain, which shelters the settlement from the coastal winds. Qaarsut is approximately northwest of the main town of Uummannaq.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qaarsut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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