Uummannaq

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Town in Greenland

title: "Uummannaq" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["uummannaq", "populated-places-in-greenland", "populated-places-of-arctic-greenland", "populated-places-established-in-1763", "avannaata", "1763-establishments-in-north-america", "18th-century-establishments-in-greenland"] description: "Town in Greenland" topic_path: "general/uummannaq" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uummannaq" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Greenland ::

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nameUummannaq
image_skylineUummannaq.jpg
imagesize300px
image_captionUummannaq in August 2008
pushpin_mapGreenland
pushpin_map_captionLocation within Greenland
pushpin_mapsize300
subdivision_typeState
subdivision_nameKingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1Constituent country
subdivision_name1Greenland
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Avannaata
established_titleFounded
established_date1763
population_as_of2025
population_total1391
timezone1Western Greenland Time
utc_offset1−02:00
timezone1_DSTWestern Greenland Summer Time
utc_offset1_DST−01:00
coordinates
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code3961
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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. Founded in 1763 as Omenak, the town is a hunting and fishing base, with a canning factory and a marble quarry. In 1932, the Universal Greenland-Filmexpedition with director Arnold Fanck released the film S.O.S. Eisberg near Uummannaq.

Geography

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Uummannaq is located 590 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle on Uummannaq Island, located in the south-central arm of the Uummannaq Fjord. Uummannaq is also the general name given to the series of inlets north of the promontory at Niaqornat on the Nuussuaq Peninsula.

The island is also home to Uummannaq Mountain, rising very sharply to the height of 1170 m. Climbing it requires technical skills.

Transport

Air Greenland operates helicopter services to Qaarsut Airport from Uummannaq Heliport. The neighbouring villages in the Uummannaq area are served by district cargo helicopters. In summer months, Royal Arctic Line operates its 'bygdeservice' with sailings by small ships to its neighbouring villages, including a service to Qaarsut.

Culture

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Danish and Greenlandic children are told that Santa Claus lives in Spraglebugten Bay in the west of the island. A turf hut (Santa's Castle) was built there for a Danish television programme and remains Santa's home in the popular imagination.

Scottish singer KT Tunstall's third album Tiger Suit features the track "Uummannaq Song", which was inspired by her trip to the town in September 2008 with Cape Farewell.

Uummannaq is home to Uummannaq Music – the world's northernmost music platform on sea ice.

Climate

Uummannaq experiences a tundra climate (Köppen: ET); with short, quite cool summers and long, frigid winters. Due to the town's position within the large Uummannaq Fjord, the settlement is sheltered from the coastal winds by the high, glaciated mountains of the Nuussuaq Peninsula. Consequently, occasional strong foehn winds from the southeast can occur, raising the temperature above freezing even in winter. Moreover, this causes the area to be considered as the sunniest spot in Greenland. Climate data was collated from 2000 to 2020 at the nearby Qaarsut Airport, 25 km northwest of the town.

|location = Uummannaq (Qaarsut Airport) () (88 m AMSL) (2000-2020 data) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |width = auto |Jan record high C = 8.0 |Feb record high C = 9.2 |Mar record high C = 9.6 |Apr record high C = 14.4 |May record high C = 18.2 |Jun record high C = 18.7 |Jul record high C = 21.4 |Aug record high C = 20.6 |Sep record high C = 16.4 |Oct record high C = 14.0 |Nov record high C = 9.7 |Dec record high C = 11.2 |year record high C = 21.4 |Jan high C = -8.9 |Feb high C = -11.2 |Mar high C = -10.6 |Apr high C = -4.7 |May high C = 2.7 |Jun high C = 9.0 |Jul high C = 12.2 |Aug high C = 10.6 |Sep high C = 4.8 |Oct high C = -0.3 |Nov high C = -4.4 |Dec high C = -6.8 |year high C = -0.6 |Jan mean C = -11.6 |Feb mean C = -14.3 |Mar mean C = -14.3 |Apr mean C = -8.6 |May mean C = -0.4 |Jun mean C = 5.8 |Jul mean C = 9.1 |Aug mean C = 7.7 |Sep mean C = 2.5 |Oct mean C = -2.5 |Nov mean C = -6.8 |Dec mean C = -9.1 |year mean C = -3.5 |Jan low C = -14.3 |Feb low C = -17.4 |Mar low C = -17.6 |Apr low C = -12.4 |May low C = -3.3 |Jun low C = 2.9 |Jul low C = 6.0 |Aug low C = 4.7 |Sep low C = 0.0 |Oct low C = -4.8 |Nov low C = -9.1 |Dec low C = -11.6 |year low C = -6.4 |Jan record low C = -30.3 |Feb record low C = -31.9 |Mar record low C = -33.9 |Apr record low C = -27.7 |May record low C = -16.2 |Jun record low C = -4.3 |Jul record low C = -1.1 |Aug record low C = -0.9 |Sep record low C = -9.6 |Oct record low C = -14.0 |Nov record low C = -18.8 |Dec record low C = -27.4 |year record low C = -33.9 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 16 |Feb precipitation mm = 16 |Mar precipitation mm = 17 |Apr precipitation mm = 17 |May precipitation mm = 16 |Jun precipitation mm = 22 |Jul precipitation mm = 28 |Aug precipitation mm = 28 |Sep precipitation mm = 36 |Oct precipitation mm = 28 |Nov precipitation mm = 33 |Dec precipitation mm = 25 |year precipitation mm = 280 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 10 |Feb precipitation days = 9 |Mar precipitation days = 10 |Apr precipitation days = 10 |May precipitation days = 8 |Jun precipitation days = 7 |Jul precipitation days = 8 |Aug precipitation days = 9 |Sep precipitation days = 11 |Oct precipitation days = 11 |Nov precipitation days = 14 |Dec precipitation days = 12 |year precipitation days = 118 |Jan humidity = 63.0 |Feb humidity = 64.6 |Mar humidity = 66.3 |Apr humidity = 67.8 |May humidity = 75.0 |Jun humidity = 75.2 |Jul humidity = 71.6 |Aug humidity = 69.6 |Sep humidity = 67.1 |Oct humidity = 63.1 |Nov humidity = 62.4 |Dec humidity = 62.0 |year humidity = 67.3 |source 1 = Danish Meteorological Institute (1981-2020 data){{cite web |last = Cappelen |first = J |last2 = Drost Jensen |first2 = C |last3 = Laursen |first3 = Ellen Vaarby |last4 = Stannius |first4 = Lotte Sligting |last5 = Thomsen |first5 = Rikke Sjølin |editor-last = Hansen |editor-first = Ane |editor2-last = Rasmussen |editor2-first = Leif |editor3-last = Scharling |editor3-first = Mikael |date = December 20, 2021 |title = Climatological Standard Normals 1991-2020 – Greenland |url = https://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/Rapporter/2021/DMI_report_21_12_Greenland.pdf |publisher = Danish Meteorological Institute |access-date = July 17, 2025}} |source 2 = Climates To Travel{{cite web |title = Climate in Uummanaq (Greenland) |url = https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/greenland/uummannaq |publisher = Climates To Travel |access-date = July 17, 2025}}

Population

Uummannaq is the second-largest town in the Avannaata municipality. It had 1,407 inhabitants in 2020, which was a decrease of more than 12% relative to the population in 2000.

Notable people

References

References

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