Ukkusissat
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Ukkusissat is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. The population of the settlement was 154 in 2020. The name means soapstone.
Ukkusissat
Aerial view of Ukkusissat
Fishing boats amongst growlers in the Ukkusissat harbour
Air Greenland serves the village with a Bell 212 helicopter
Torsukattak Strait
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Torsukattak Strait is a strait in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Ukkusissat
…north of the settlement, Perlerfiup Kangerlua, a large inner fjord empties into the main branch of Uummannaq Fjord. To the south and southwest across Torsukattak Strait are the high mountains of the Salleq Island and the much larger Appat Island, alongside the flat Qeqertat skerries. Ukkusissat was founded in 1794 as…
Aerial view of Torsukattak Strait from the west