Upernavik

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Upernavik, meaning "Springtime Place", is a small town on the west coast of Greenland. Approximately 3,000 people live in Upernavik Municipality; 1,144 live in the town of Upernavik, and the remainder live in ten settlements in the municipality, including Kullorsuaq, with a population of about 400. Air Greenland operates air services to Upernavik.

In 1824, the Kingigtorssuaq Runestone was found outside Upernavik. It bears runic characters left by Vikings, probably from the late 13th century. The runic characters list the names of three Vikings, and mention the construction of a rock cairn nearby. This is the furthest north that any Viking artifacts have been found, other than those small artifacts that could have been carried north by Inuit traders, and marks the northern known limit of Viking exploration.

ettlements in Upernavik Municipality

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* Upernavik
* Upernavik Kujalleq
* Kangersuatsiaq Upernavik
* Aappilattoq
* Tussaaq
* Naajaat
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* Innaarsuit
* Tasiusaq
* Nutaarmiut
* Nuussuaq
* Kullorsuaq

Photographs

Further reading

* Bjerregaard, Peter, and Beth Bjerregaard. "Disease Pattern in Upernavik in Relation to Housing Conditions and Social Group". Copenhagen: Kommissionen for videnskabelige Undersøgelser i Grønland, 1985. ISBN 8717052319
* Haller, Albert Arno. "The Spatial Organization of the Marine Hunting Culture in the Upernavik District, Greenland". Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1981.
* Hjarnø, Jan, Jørgen Balslev Jørgensen, and Morten Vesely. "Archaeological and Anthropological Investigations of Late Heathen Graves in Upernavik District". København: C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1974. ISBN 8742100968
* Jørgensen, Jørgen Balslev, Jens Dahl, and Sanjai Sangvichien. "Anthropometrical Studies on Greenlanders from Two Villages in the Upernavik Area". København: Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1976. ISBN 8717021251
* Vibe, Christian. "Preliminary Investigations on Shallow Water Animal Communities in the Upernavik- and Thule-Districts (Northwest Greenland)". København: C.A. Reitzel, 1939.