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Ivittuut

Greenland / Ivittuut /
 village, mining

Ivittuut, former spelling: Ivigtût, founded in 1806 as a mining town where cryolite was found. It is now abandoned as the mineral was synthesized and mining it became uneconomical.
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Coordinates:   61°12'22"N   48°10'9"W
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This article was last modified 12 years ago