Upernavik
Sign in to saveUpernavik is a small town in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,067 inhabitants as of 2025, it is the twelfth-largest town in Greenland. It contains the Upernavik Museum.
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Place details
- Locality
- Upernavik
- Region
- Avannaata
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 1,129
- Timezone
- America/Nuuk
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Upernavik
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Upernavik town aerial 1 2007-07-11.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300
- Settlement.image_caption
- Upernavik in July 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.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1772
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Avannaata
- Population
- +1067
- Area
- +4.22
- Capital of
- Upernavik municipality
- Image
- Upernavik town aerial 1 2007-07-11.jpg
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Upernavik is a small town in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,067 inhabitants as of 2025, it is the twelfth-largest town in Greenland. It contains the Upernavik Museum.
== History == thumb|upright=.7|left|New church The town was founded as Upernavik in 1772. From the former name of its island, it was sometimes known as Women's Island; its name was also sometimes Anglicized to "Uppernavik".