Nanortalik

Nanortalik
Nennortalik
Wintertime view of Nanortalik from nearby Ravnefjeldet
Wintertime view of Nanortalik from nearby Ravnefjeldet
Nanortalik is located in Greenland
Nanortalik
Nanortalik
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 60°08′31″N 45°14′36″W / 60.14194°N 45.24333°W / 60.14194; -45.24333
Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
Municipality Kujalleq
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,185[1]
Time zoneUTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time)
Postal code
3922
Websitenanortalik.gl

Nanortalik (pronunciation, Greenlandic pronunciation: [nɑnoʁtɑlik̚]), formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,185 inhabitants as of 2020,[1] it is the eleventh-largest town in the country. The name Nanortalik means "Place of Polar Bears" or "Place Where the Polar Bears Go" (from Greenlandic: nanoq). It is the southernmost town in Greenland with a population of over 1,000.

  1. ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.