Ammassalik (Greenland

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
טאסילאק (גרינלנד : מחוז)
Name (Latin)
Ammassalik (Greenland : District)
Other forms of name
Angmagssalik District (Greenland)
Coordinates
-37.641 -37.641 65.615 65.615 (gooearth )
W0374000 W0374000 N0653800 N0653800 (geonames )
Associated country
Greenland
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 157154567
Wikidata: Q2139799
Library of congress: n 84092335
Sources of Information
  • Daniëls, F. J. A. Vegetation of the Angmagssalik Dist., Southeast Greenland ... 1982:t.p. (Angmagssalik District, Southeast Greenland)
  • BGN, 3/20/84(Ammassalik; 65p0s38ʹ N, 37p0s40ʹ W)
Wikipedia description:

Tasiilaq, formerly Ammassalik or Angmagssalik (Danish names: Kong Oscars Havn or simply Oscarshavn), is a town on Ammassalik Island in southeastern Greenland, within the municipality of Sermersooq. With 1,985 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Greenland. The Sermilik Station, dedicated to the research of the nearby Mittivakkat Glacier, is located near the town.

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