Qaanaaq
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Qaanaaq, formerly known as New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The town has a population of 591 as of 2025. The population was for
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Qaanaaq and its surroundings
An Inuk man demonstrates kayaking techniques in the waters off Qaanaaq
Qaanaaq houses
Pituffik Space Base
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Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base, is a United States Space Force base located on the northwest coast of Greenland in the Kingdom of Denmark under a defense agreement between Denmark and th
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…forcibly relocated from its former, traditional home, which was expropriated for the construction of a United States Air Force base (Thule Air Base, now Pituffik Space Base) in 1953. The inhabitants of Qaanaaq speak the local Inuktun language and many also speak Kalaallisut and Danish. Qaanaaq is one of the northernmost…
Aerial view of the base with Saunders Island in the background and Mount Dundas at right
Aerial view, 1989
74th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-89s, Thule Air Base, Greenland, 1955
Reconnaissance route from Thule Air Base to Soviet Union