Innaarsuit

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Field	Value
name	Innaarsuit
image_skyline	Innaarsuit.jpg
imagesize	300px
image_caption	Innaarsuit
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Greenland
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type	State
subdivision_name	Kingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1	Constituent country
subdivision_name1	Greenland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Avannaata
government_footnotes
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Susanne Kristensen Eliassen
population_as_of	1 January 2025
population_total	148
timezone1	Western Greenland Time
utc_offset1	−02:00
timezone1_DST	Western Greenland Summer Time
utc_offset1_DST	−01:00
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	3962 Upernavik
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Innaarsuit (old spelling: Ivnârssuit) is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on an island of the same name. the settlement had 148 inhabitants in 2025.

Upernavik Archipelago

Main article: Upernavik Archipelago

Innaarsuit is located within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately to the southern end of Melville Bay () in the north at approximately .

Infrastructure

The settlement has grown up around the harbour, which lies in a natural bay on the island's west coast, where boats can lie sheltered from the wind. At the harbour, which has a jetty with a quay length of nine meters and a water depth of two metres, are the village's commercial areas and a smaller central area with the common service facilities such as includes service center, branch office, village consultation, chapel and school. Childcare takes place in day care. There is a Pilersuisoq shop which supplies the residents with food and other necessary items.

The electricity supply is based on a diesel-powered municipal plant and the heat supply by an oil boiler. In 2002, a 750 meter water mains network was established in connection with 3 new tap houses and the supply of water to the production facilities. The water supply is based on surface water. The night renovation takes place by collecting bags, which are emptied into the sea.

Education

Innaarsuit does not have an assembly hall, but the hall in the service building forms the overall framework for the settlement's cultural and leisure life. The children are taught in the primary school "Fiilimuup Atuarfia", which has room for 25 students from 1st to 8th grade. One teacher and four substitutes are employed. The school is housed in buildings that were extended and renovated in 1992. The school is also used as a church.

Economy

The harbor and the center area are surrounded by a residential area with scattered single-family houses. The village's business base is fishing and catching whales and seals. Halibut fishing in particular is an important source of income. Royal Greenland has a department in the settlement that butchers and freezes halibut.

Population

Innaarsuit is one of the few settlements in Avannaata municipality exhibiting significant growth patterns over the course of the last two decades, increasing by nearly half relative to 1990 levels, similarly to other settlements in the northern half of the archipelago: Kullorsuaq, and Tasiusaq.

The settlement was established around 1911. Until 1950, the settlement had only 30 inhabitants, but after that the number has been increasing. The island's highest point is the 310 meter high mountain Saattup Akia.

Transport

Main article: Innaarsuit Heliport

During weekdays Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with flights from Innaarsuit Heliport to Tasiusaq Heliport and to Upernavik Airport.

Iceberg Incidents

In July 2018, an unusually large iceberg appeared off the shore of Innaarsuit. Some residents were evacuated in case the iceberg calved causing a wave that could swamp the settlement.

In July 2025, another huge iceberg drifted very close to the village’s harbour. The iceberg was in position for at least a week and authorities warned people to stay away from it due to fears of a collision or that it could break apart.

References

(22 January 2010). "Ingen helikopter i en måned". [[Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa]].
"Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
Nunavik, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
[http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-12)
"Booking system". Air Greenland.
(14 July 2018). "Huge iceberg threatens Greenland village". [[BBC News]].
(15 July 2018). "EMSR297: Iceberg in Greenland (delineation maps)". [[Copernicus Emergency Management Service]].
(July 2018). "Greenland village has close encounter with giant iceberg". [[New Scientist]].

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