Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010,[1] but was abandoned after a tsunami struck in 2017.
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Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern...
Nuugaatsiaq Heliport (IATA: JUU, ICAO: BGNQ) is a heliport in Nuugaatsiaq, a village in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The heliport...
once it hit Nuugaatsiaq, where it had a run-up height of 9 metres (30 ft). Four people were killed and nine were injured at Nuugaatsiaq, and eleven buildings...
Settlement Kheta [ru], Krasnoyarsk Krai 71°34' N 362 yes yes Settlement Nuugaatsiaq Greenland (Danish Realm) 71°32' N 0 yes no Abandoned in 2017 after a...
earthquake and created a 100-metre (328 ft) wave. The settlement of Nuugaatsiaq, 32 kilometres (20 mi) away, saw run-up heights of 9 metres (30 ft)....
the Uummannaq area of western Greenland. The resulting tsunami hit the Nuugaatsiaq settlement, killing four people, injuring nine, and dragging eleven buildings...
Greenland, the largest municipality in the country. Ikerasak, Illorsuit, Nuugaatsiaq, and Saattut are small island settlements, whereas Ukkusissat lies on...
height of 90 to 100 m (295 to 328 ft). The wave struck the village of Nuugaatsiaq 20 km (12.4 mi) away, where the run-up was 9 metres (30 ft) and the wave...
includes footage from SAR operations - including e.g. the effort in Nuugaatsiaq in 2017. The Joint Arctic Command is responsible for a wide array of...
several settlements on the islands off the southwestern coast, including Nuugaatsiaq and Illorsuit in the Uummannaq Fjord system. Ukkusissat is the only mainland...
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