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Town in Greenland
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Uummannaq (Danish: Umanak) is a city in Western Greenland. Uummannaq is a town of about 1,300 people (2013) with another 1,300 residing in the surrounding settlements. The main industry in the area is fishing for halibut, which has overtaken hunting as the principal industry for the town. The town is about 500 km north of the Arctic Circle, and the midnight sun is experienced from mid-May through August.
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A small museum in town's former hospital dating back to 1880 containing historical artifacts and traditional Inuit art. The museum also features an exhibition of copies of the costumes and mummies from the Qilakitsoq mummies found nearby. The museum also features exhibitions from Alfred Wegener’s expedition of the area.
Whale safaris are available in Uummannaq from July through the fall. The fjord that surrounds Uummannaq is a whale-watchers' paradise. There is a good chance to see minke, humpback, fin, and killer whales while on these safaris.
Travellers can experience the midnight sun in Uummannaq from May 17th to July 28th.
They were discovered in 1972 near the old winter settlement Qilakitsoq. These mummies date from 1475. They are on exhibition at the Greenland National Museum in Nuuk. You can visit the site where they were found.
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Offers different types of hiking tours from Uummannaq such as Glacier tours, all day tours and BBQ tours.
Run in conjunction with Hotel Uummannaq. The tourist service can assist in planning different excursions like kayaking, or hiking to nearby iceberg lookouts.
Airgreenland flies from Ilulissat and Qaanaaq to the nearby airport at Qaarsut. From there a helicopter will take you to the heliport in Uummannaq.
Read in the guideThe city can be traversed on foot. The surrounding region can in the summer be visited by boat, and in winter by dogsled or snowmobile.
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