Upernavik

Upernavik
Upernavik in July 2007
Upernavik in July 2007
Upernavik is located in Greenland
Upernavik
Upernavik
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 72°47′13″N 56°08′50″W / 72.78694°N 56.14722°W / 72.78694; -56.14722
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
1,064[1]
Time zoneUTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time)
Postal code
3962

Upernavik (Kalaallisut: "Springtime Place"[2]) is a small town in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,064 inhabitants as of 2024,[3] it is the twelfth-largest town in Greenland. It contains the Upernavik Museum.

  1. ^ "Population in Localities January 1st 1977-2024". Statbank Greenland.
  2. ^ "greenland-guide.gl" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  3. ^ "Population in Localities January 1st 1977-2024". Statbank Greenland.