Uummannaq
Ûmañak, Ũmánaĸ | |
|---|---|
 Uummannaq | |
  Uummannaq Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 70°40′29″N 52°07′35″W / 70.67472°N 52.12639°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| Founded | 1763 |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,407[1] |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3961 |
Uummannaq[2] is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland. With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020,[1] it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal. Founded in 1763[3] as Omenak,[4] the town is a hunting and fishing base, with a canning factory and a marble quarry.[5] In 1932, the Universal Greenland-Filmexpedition with director Arnold Fanck released the film S.O.S. Eisberg near Uummannaq.[6]
- ^ a b "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
- ^ The pre-1973 spelling was Umanaq, Ũmánaq, or Umanak.
- ^ [1] Archived October 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Colton, G.W. "Northern America. British, Russian & Danish Possessions In North America." J.H. Colton & Co. (New York), 1855.
- ^ [2] Archived October 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1932: In Greenland". Estate of Walter Riml. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-17. – About filming in Greenland. Lobbycards, photos, etc. of Walter Rimls estate