Nord, Greenland
Greenland /
Illoqqortoormiut /
World
/ Greenland
/ Illoqqortoormiut
/ Illoqqortoormiut
military, interesting place, scientific research institute / centre
Second most Northerly permanent settlement, Manned by five Danish NCOs on 26 month tours of duty. Space for up to 30 scientists during the summer Visitors are either flown in or arrive by dog sled. Ice conditions off-shore permit ships perhaps once every 8-10 years.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 81°42'50"N 17°47'54"W
- Nord, Greenland 22 km
- CFS Alert Airport 668 km
- ECHELON - Canadian Forces Station Alert 669 km
- Alert, Nunavut 669 km
- Camp Century 982 km
- Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, Site I, Thule 1150 km
- Radio Facility 1156 km
- Weapons Storage Area 1160 km
- Pituffik Space Base (formerly and perhaps better known as Thule Air Base) 1161 km
- Former CAM-E DEW Line Radar Site 2274 km
- Princess Thyra Island 35 km
- Kap Prins Knud 67 km
- Elephant Foot Glacier 95 km
- Kap Clarence Wyckoff 145 km
- Kaffeklubben 283 km
- ATOW1996 285 km
- King Frederick VIII Land (Greenland) 304 km
- Cape Morris Jesup 311 km
- mortanga 332 km
- North Pole 432 km