Uunarteq

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FieldValue
nameUunarteq
image_skylineKap_tobin_2024.jpg
image_captionThe abandoned village of Uunarteq
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pushpin_map_captionLocation within Greenland
pushpin_mapsize300
subdivision_typeState
subdivision_nameKingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1Constituent country
subdivision_name1Greenland
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2[[File:Sermersooq-coat-of-arms.png
established_titleFounded
established_date1926
extinct_titleAbandoned
extinct_date1980s
timezoneUTC-01
coordinates
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Uunarteq, formerly Kap Tobin and Unarteg, is an abandoned settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland, located 7 km south of Ittoqqortoormiit.

History

The settlement was founded by fishermen and their families in 1926. In 1947 a telegraph and weather station were erected; the station itself employed roughly 20 people. At its largest extent, the settlement was home for approximately 120 people, with its own grade school. The village housed a seismic station until 1960, when it was closed down. Uunarteq was abandoned as a settlement in the mid-1980s, when the local weather station was closed. Today the remaining buildings serve as cottages for the inhabitants of nearby Ittoqqortoormiit. The last family left the settlement in 2004.

Climate

The place of the outlying village has a tundra climate (Köppen: ET), like most coastal places in Greenland, where temperatures above zero can remain on average in the summer months, although much of the year is like a long winter.{{Weather box | width = 75% | collapsed =
| open = | metric first = y | single line = y | location = Uunarteq (north), elevation: 41 m, 1961-1990 normals | Jan mean C =-16.1 | Feb mean C =-17.1 | Mar mean C =-16.5 | Apr mean C =-11.3 | May mean C =-3.6 | Jun mean C =1.1 | Jul mean C =3.3 | Aug mean C =3.5 | Sep mean C =-0.3 | Oct mean C =-6.3 | Nov mean C =-12.2 | Dec mean C =-14.6 | Jan high C =-12.0 | Feb high C =-12.7 | Mar high C =-12.2 | Apr high C =-7.1 | May high C =-0.4 | Jun high C =3.7 | Jul high C =6.5 | Aug high C =6.5 | Sep high C =2.0 | Oct high C =-3.9 | Nov high C =-9.2 | Dec high C =-11.0 | Jan low C =-20.5 | Feb low C =-21.7 | Mar low C =-21.0 | Apr low C =-15.6 | May low C =-6.7 | Jun low C =-1.1 | Jul low C =0.8 | Aug low C =1.0 | Sep low C =-2.4 | Oct low C =-8.6 | Nov low C =-15.3 | Dec low C =-18.5 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm =52.0 | Feb precipitation mm =39.0 | Mar precipitation mm =47.0 | Apr precipitation mm =27.0 | May precipitation mm =27.0 | Jun precipitation mm =27.0 | Jul precipitation mm =30.0 | Aug precipitation mm =48.0 | Sep precipitation mm =41.0 | Oct precipitation mm =67.0 | Nov precipitation mm =42.0 | Dec precipitation mm =48.0 | Jan humidity =74.0 | Feb humidity =74.0 | Mar humidity =73.0 | Apr humidity =73.0 | May humidity =77.0 | Jun humidity =80.0 | Jul humidity =78.0 | Aug humidity =77.0 | Sep humidity =75.0 | Oct humidity =75.0 | Nov humidity =74.0 | Dec humidity =74.0 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days =9.0 | Feb precipitation days =7.0 | Mar precipitation days =9.0 | Apr precipitation days =6.0 | May precipitation days =6.0 | Jun precipitation days =5.0 | Jul precipitation days =4.0 | Aug precipitation days =6.0 | Sep precipitation days =6.0 | Oct precipitation days =8.0 | Nov precipitation days =7.0 | Dec precipitation days =8.0 | source = NOAA{{Cite FTP | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_VI/GL/04340.TXT | server = NOAA | title = Uunarteq (04340) - WMO Weather Station | access-date = January 28, 2019

Places of interest

In the area ruins of an early Inuit village can be found. The ruins are located at the nearby hot springs, the average temperature of which is 140 F.

Notes

References

References

  1. [http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Rejser,_geografi_og_historie/Gr%C3%B8nland/Gr%C3%B8nlands_geografi/Uunarteq denstoredanske.dk]
  2. "Kap Tobin, Greenland Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)".

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