Uummannaq | |
Location | Northeast from Nuuk, Greenland |
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Region | Greenland |
Coordinates | 64°29′27.96″N 50°47′55.68″W / 64.4911000°N 50.7988000°W |
Umanak (Kalaallisut: Uummannaq, "Heart-shaped") was a former Moravian mission in mid-western Greenland, located upfjord from Neu-Herrnhut (modern Nuuk).[1]
It was founded in 1861 and surrendered to the Lutheran Church of Denmark in 1900.[2][3]