What is "nuussuaq"

Nuussuaq (old spelling: Nûgssuaq), formerly Kraulshavn, is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the only mainland settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located near the western tip of the Nuussuaq Peninsula, on the northern coast of Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay.

The settlement was founded in 1923 as a trading station, growing in size during the post- war consolidation phase, when hunters from several small villages in the region of neighboring Inussulik Bay, Sugar Loaf Bay, and Tasiusaq Bay moved into the larger settlements such as Nuussuaq and Kullorsuaq further north in Melville Bay. Today Nuussuaq remains one of the most traditional hunting and fishing villages in Greenland, with a stable population.

Nuussuaq may refer to the following areas in Greenland, from north to south:

• Nuussuaq Peninsula (Upernavik Archipelago), a peninsula in the northern part of the Upernavik Archipelago
• Nuussuaq, a settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on the above peninsula
• Nuussuaq Peninsula, a large peninsula separating Disko Bay from Uummannaq Fjord
• Nuussuaq (district), a district of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland
• Nuussuaq, a mountain in Queen Louise Island, off the southeastern coast of Greenland

Nuussuaq is a district of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, It is located in the northern part of the city, west and southwest of Nuuk Airport, approximately outside the city center.