Paamiut (Frederikshåb )
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Paamiut is a town in southwest Greenland and also the administrative centre of the municipality of Paamiut.
Population is 1,817 (as of 2005).
The town has a heliport with connections to Nuuk, Grønnedal and Narsarsuaq by helicopter. Since November 2007, an airport is built by Mittarfeqarfiit.
Paamiut is situated in the southern end of a small estuary called Kuannersooq - the inlet , and the city name means "they who reside by the mouth". People have, it seems, lived there since around 1500 bc. It was established in 1742 and later prospered on trading fur and whale products.
Population is 1,817 (as of 2005).
The town has a heliport with connections to Nuuk, Grønnedal and Narsarsuaq by helicopter. Since November 2007, an airport is built by Mittarfeqarfiit.
Paamiut is situated in the southern end of a small estuary called Kuannersooq - the inlet , and the city name means "they who reside by the mouth". People have, it seems, lived there since around 1500 bc. It was established in 1742 and later prospered on trading fur and whale products.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paamiut
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Coordinates: 61°59'42"N 49°39'45"W
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- Nuuk 268 km
- Kapisillit 273 km
- Alluitsup Paa 277 km
- Nanortalik 314 km
- Maniitsoq 414 km
- Akilia Island 239 km
- Rupyo Island 257 km
- Kobbefjord 258 km
- Ukkusissat (Store Malene) Mountain 261 km
- Island Hundeø 261 km
- Isua Supracrustal Belt 261 km
- Nuuk Bay 263 km
- Sermitsiaq 272 km
- Igdlut 352 km
- Former DYE-2 Ice Cap DEW Line Radar Site 526 km