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The location at the heart of the Uummannaq ice fjord provides good fishing and catching opportunities both in summer and winter for seals, halibut, catfish, reindeer and musk oxen. |
The location at the heart of the Uummannaq ice fjord provides good fishing and catching opportunities both in summer and winter for seals, halibut, catfish, reindeer and musk oxen. |
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Ikerasak features a school with approximately 50 students, a shop, a community center, a service center, a small fish factory, a children's institution, and a retirement home with 3-4 beds. |
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The retirement home is a regular house shared by the elderly residents. |
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The church, originally a school chapel built in 1936, was converted into a church in 1980 and has a seating capacity of 150. |
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== Transport == |
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Revision as of 15:36, 21 December 2023
Ikerasak | |
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 Ikerasak island seen from Uummannaq | |
  Ikerasak Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 70°30′10″N 51°18′10″W / 70.50278°N 51.30278°W | |
| Sovereign state |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Autonomous country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 233 |
| Time zone | UTC-03 |
| Postal code | 3961 Uummannaq |
Ikerasak(Greenlandic pronunciation: [ikɜʁasak]) is a village in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland. It had 233 inhabitants in 2020.[1]
Geography
Ikerasak is located approximately 45 km southeast from Uummannaq, at the southeastern end of Ikerasak Island in the northwestern part of Ikerasak Fjord, where it widens into the inner part of Uummannaq Fjord.[2]
The location at the heart of the Uummannaq ice fjord provides good fishing and catching opportunities both in summer and winter for seals, halibut, catfish, reindeer and musk oxen.
Infrastructure
Ikerasak features a school with approximately 50 students, a shop, a community center, a service center, a small fish factory, a children's institution, and a retirement home with 3-4 beds.
The retirement home is a regular house shared by the elderly residents.
The church, originally a school chapel built in 1936, was converted into a church in 1980 and has a seating capacity of 150.
Transport
Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with flights between Ikerasak Heliport and Uummannaq Heliport.[3]
Population
The population of Ikerasak has fluctuated over the last two decades, slightly decreasing in the last several years.[4]
References
- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Archived from the original on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ Nuussuaq (Map) (1992 ed.). Tage Schjøtt, Denmark.
- ^ "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ a b Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
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