Qaarsut (old spelling: ''Kaersut'') is a settlement in

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 In ...

municipality, in northwestern

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. It is situated on the northeastern shore of the

Nuussuaq Peninsula Nuussuaq Peninsula (, old spelling: ''Nûgssuaq'') is a large (180x48 km) peninsula in western Greenland. Geography The waters around the peninsula are that of Baffin Bay. To the south and southwest the peninsula is bounded by Disko Bay, ...

. It had 174 inhabitants in 2020.

History

The first coal mine in Greenland operated between 1778 and 1924 in Qaarsuarsuit. Mine Qaarsut

Transport

Qaarsut Airport, located to the northwest of the settlement, serves both Qaarsut and

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, t ...

, the latter accessible only by

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Population

The population of Qaarsut has dropped by over 18 percent relative to the 2000 levels, reflecting a general trend in the region.Statistics Greenland

Gallery

File:Qaarsut and its church.jpg, Qaarsut's chapel File:Qaarsut and Uummannaq's mountain.jpg, Qaarsut and Uummannaq's mountain in the background File:Overview of Qaarsut, Greenland.jpg, Overview of Qaarsut File:Colourful houses in Qaarsut.jpg, Colourful houses File:Qaarsut's primary school.jpg, School File:Qaarsut at midnight.jpg, Qaarsut at midnight sun

References

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