Ikerasak() is a village in the

Avannaata Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography I ...

municipality in western

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is ...

. It had 233 inhabitants in 2020.

Geography

Ikerasak is located approximately 45 km southeast from

Uummannaq Uummannaq is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland. With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020, it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal. Founded in 1763 as Omenak, ...

, at the southeastern end of

Ikerasak Island Ikerasak Island ( kl, Ikerasaap qeqertaa) is an island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located in the southeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, at the mouth of Ikerasak Fjord, its innermost section.Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schj� ...

in the northwestern part of Ikerasak Fjord, where it widens into the inner part of

Uummannaq Fjord Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Scoresby Sund, Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has a roughly south-east to west-north-west orientation, emptying into the Baffin B ...

Transport

Air Greenland Air Greenland A/S (formerly named Grønlandsfly), also known as Greenlandair, is the flag carrier airline of Greenland, owned by the Greenlandic Government. It operates a fleet of 32 aircraft, including 1 airliner used for transatlantic and char ...

serves the village as part of government contract, with flights between

Ikerasak Heliport Ikerasak Heliport is a heliport in Ikerasak, a village on an island of the same name in the Uummannaq Fjord system in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island c ...

and

Uummannaq Heliport Uummannaq Heliport is a heliport in Uummannaq, a town located on Uummannaq Island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. There are no facilities in the heliport. Airlines and destinations Air Greenland operates government cont ...

Population

The population of Ikerasak has fluctuated over the last two decades, slightly decreasing in the last several years.Statistics Greenland

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Greenland Populated places of Arctic Greenland Uummannaq Fjord