Upernavik Kujalleq

Upernavik Kujalleq
Søndre Upernavik
Upernavik Kujalleq
Upernavik Kujalleq
Upernavik Kujalleq is located in Greenland
Upernavik Kujalleq
Upernavik Kujalleq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 72°09′16″N 55°31′29″W / 72.15444°N 55.52472°W / 72.15444; -55.52472
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Founded1855
Population
 (2020)
 • Total201
Time zoneUTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time)
Postal code
3962 Upernavik

Upernavik Kujalleq (old spelling: Upernavik Kujatdleq), formerly Søndre Upernavik, is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Founded in 1855 as a trading station on Qeqertaq Island,[1] the settlement had 201 inhabitants in 2020.[2]

  1. ^ Qaasuitsup Municipality Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
  2. ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.