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Ilimanaq

Field	Value
name	Ilimanaq
other_name	Claushavn
image_skyline	Ilimanaq-aerial.jpg
imagesize	300px
image_caption	Aerial view of Ilimanaq
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Greenland
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type	Sovereign state
subdivision_name	Kingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1	Autonomous country
subdivision_name1	Greenland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Avannaata
government_footnotes
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Fritz Johansen
established_title	Founded
established_date	1741
population_as_of	1 January 2025
population_total	55
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	3952 Ilulissat

Ilimanaq (), also known in Danish as Claushavn, is a settlement in Avannaata municipality in western Greenland. It had 55 inhabitants in 2025. The modern name of the village is Kalaallisut for "Place of Expectations".

Geography

Climate

Ilimanaq is located on the eastern shore of Disko Bay, just south of the mouth of the Ilulissat Icefjord ().

History

The old Danish name of the settlement derived from the Dutch whaler Klaes Pieterz Torp. The whalers were active in the region from 1719 to 1732, leaving a trail of names behind the settlement of Oqaatsut to the north was originally a Dutch whaling station named "Rodebay". Claushavn was founded in 1741, around the same time as Ilulissat.

In 1752, Niels Brønlund Bloch, Poul Egede's cousin, established a mission in Ilimanaq.

After 1880, the settlement lost its importance. The church from 1908 and the old colonial houses have been renovated. Ilimanaq is the starting point for hikes to Qasigiannguit and for boat trips in the ice fjord.

Infrastructure

The main sources of livelihood are hunting, fishing and tourism. Two of the settlement's houses, which were former hunting lodges, are now rented out to tourists. The village has both street lights and marked paths in the immediate area. There is also a local Pilersuisoq supermarket.

Transport

Air

Main article: Ilimanaq Heliport

Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights between Ilimanaq Heliport and Ilulissat Airport. Settlement flights in the Disko Bay are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring. During winter, the nearby Qasigiannguit town to the south of Ilimanaq can be reached on foot, or by dogsled.

Sea

During summer and autumn, when the waters of Disko Bay are navigable, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline. The ferry links Ilimanaq with Ilulissat, from where ferry connections are available to Oqaatsut, Qeqertaq, Saqqaq, Qeqertarsuaq, and towns and settlements in the Aasiaat Archipelago.

Population

The population of Ilimanaq has been stable in the last two decades.

References

(19 June 2008). "Ilimanaq får natur og miljø-pris". [[Sermitsiaq (newspaper).
"Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
"Vandrekort Nordgrønland, Ilulissat". Greenland Tourism a/s.
"Booking system". Air Greenland.
link. (2009-05-22)
[http://bank.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-12)

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