Saattut (old spelling: ''Sâtut'') is a settlement in

Avannaata Avannaata (, ) 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 In the south, Avannaata is flanked ...

municipality, in northwestern

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. Located on small Saattut Island, southeast of

Appat Island Appat Island (old spelling: ''Agpat'') is an uninhabitedN ...

and northeast of

Uummannaq Uummannaq is a town on Uummannaq Island 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. Foun ...

in the

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 ...

system, the settlement had 226 inhabitants in 2020.

Transport

Air Greenland Air Greenland Aktieselskab, A/S (formerly named Grønlandsfly and Greenlandair) is the flag carrier of Greenland, owned by the Naalakkersuisut, Greenlandic Government. It operates a fleet of 28 aircraft, including a single Airbus A330-800 airli ...

serves the village as part of a government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from

Saattut Heliport Saattut Heliport is a heliport in Saattut, a village in Avannaata municipality in western Greenland. The heliport is considered a ''helistop'', and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract. Airlines and destinations Air ...

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and

. Residents themselves often use

dog sled A dog sled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow, a practice known as mushing. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending on their function. They can be used for Sled dog racing, dog sl ...

s or

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s for hunting trips or visits to relatives, as there are no roads connecting the village with other settlements. Saattut is home to about 500

sled dog A sled dog is a dog trained and used to pull a land vehicle in Dog harness, harness, most commonly a Dog sled, sled over snow. Sled dogs have been used in the Arctic for at least 8,000 years and, along with watercraft, were the only transpor ...

Population

The population of Saattut has dropped by nearly a quarter relative to the 2000 levels, reflecting a general trend in the region.Statistics Greenland
A November 2015 edition of ''National Geographic'' reported that the settlement is home to 200 people.

References

{{Settlements in Greenland Populated places in Greenland Populated places of Arctic Greenland Uummannaq Fjord