Uummannaq
Uummannaq | |
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Uummannaq in August 2008 | |
| Coordinates: 70°40′29″N 52°07′35″W / 70.67472°N 52.12639°W | |
| State | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country | Greenland |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| Founded | 1763 |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,407 |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3961 |
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.