Ukkusissat
Sign in to saveUkkusissat (, old spelling: Uvkusigssat) is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. The population of the settlement was 154 in 2020. The name means soapstone.
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- Locality
- Ukkusissat
- Region
- Avannaata
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 154
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ukkusissat
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ukkusissat.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ukkusissat
- 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
- Jakob Amossen
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 1 January 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 151
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- Western Greenland Summer Time
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Ukkusissat (, old spelling: Uvkusigssat) is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. The population of the settlement was 154 in 2020. The name means soapstone.
== Geography == thumb|left|Aerial view of Ukkusissat The settlement abuts the northwestern tip of the peninsula of the same name, jutting from the mainland to the west and northwest and into the inner waterways of the Uummannaq Fjord system.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ukkusissat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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