Umanak (Greenland)
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Name (Hebrew)
אומאנאק (גרינלנד)
Name (Latin)
Umanak (Greenland)
Other forms of name
nnaa Ûmańak, Greenland
Umanaq (Greenland)
Umanak District (Greenland)
Coordinates
W0520900 W0520900 N0704200 N0704200 (geonames )
Associated country
Greenland
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BGN gaz. Greenland(Umanak District, 71°10ʹN, 53°00ʹW)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(island; 70°42ʹ00ʺN 052°09ʹ00ʺW)
- Andersen, M.C. Occurrences of anorthositic rocks ... Umanak area, central West Greenland, 1986.
- Lippincott(Umanak, Greenland)
- LC data base, 12/9/91(hdg.: Ûmának, Greenland; usage: Umanak; Umanaq)
- BGN gaz. Greenland(Umanak District, 71p0s10ʹN, 53p0s00ʹW)
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Uummannaq
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Wikipedia description:
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.
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