Ukkusissat

Ukkusissat
Ukkusissat
Ukkusissat
Ukkusissat is located in Greenland
Ukkusissat
Ukkusissat
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 71°02′57″N 51°53′15″W / 71.04917°N 51.88750°W / 71.04917; -51.88750
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Government
 • MayorJakob Amossen
Population
 (2020)
 • Total154
Time zoneUTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time)
Postal code
3961 Uummannaq

Ukkusissat (Greenlandic pronunciation: [ukːusisːat], old spelling: Uvkusigssat) is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. The population of the settlement was 154 in 2020.[2] The name means soapstone.[3]

  1. ^ knr.gl (in Danish)
  2. ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
  3. ^ Jensen, Jens Fog; Erik Brinch Petersen (1998). "Raw material distribution - social space, social interaction". Acta Borealia. 15 (2): 139–152. doi:10.1080/08003839808580482. ISSN 0800-3831. Major historic quarries for soapstone are known from the Nuuk area to the south as well as from the Bay of Uummannaq to the north of Nuussuaq, at the village of Ukkusissat (ukkusissaq meaning 'soapstone').