- Arsuk
Infobox Settlement
name = Arsuk
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image_caption = Arsuk Glacier, at the end of Arsuk Fjord
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pushpin_map_caption =Location within Greenland
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Kingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Greenland
subdivision_type2 = Municipality
subdivision_name2 = Paamiut
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population_total =140
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footnotes =Arsuk (founded 1805) is a village in southwest
Greenland in the municipality ofPaamiut . Population is 140 (as of 2005). Location is coord|61|10|N|48|27|Wat the mouth of the Arsuk Fjord which ends in the Arsuk glacier (see image).Arsuk is Greenlandic for "the beloved place".
References
* "Greenland and the Arctic". By Etain O'Carroll and Mark Elliott. Lonely Planet 2005. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
* [http://www.statgreen.gl/dk/aarbog/Greenland%20in%20figures%202005.pdf "Greenland in Figures 2005"] Statistics Greenland. 3rd Edition, May 2005. ISSN 1604-7397External links
* [http://www.arsukfjorden.gl website of the Arsuk Fjord area] (Danish)
References
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