Siorapaluk, Greenland
Siorapaluk is a settlement in the Qaanaaq area of the Qaasuitsup municipality in northern Greenland. It is one of the world's northernmost inhabited settlements.
There is good hunting in the area of the settlement, and the cliffs around it function as breeding grounds for dovekie (Alle alle) – also known as "auk" – and the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia). There are many arctic foxes and arctic hares in the area and an abundance of seals and walruses which are hunted.
General Information
Cruise Season – May - Oct
Currency – Danish krone (DKK)
Population – 68 approx
Language – Kalaalllisut, Danish
Electricity – 2 round pins European style
Time – GMT minus four hours
International Country Telephone Code + 299
Travel Links – Air Greenland operates settlement flights to Qaanaaq Airport and to Savissivik Heliport via Thule Air Base. The twice-weekly flights are subsidized by the Government of Greenland. Transfers at the airbase are subject to access restrictions by the Danish Foreign Ministry.
There is good hunting in the area of the settlement, and the cliffs around it function as breeding grounds for dovekie (Alle alle) – also known as "auk" – and the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia). There are many arctic foxes and arctic hares in the area and an abundance of seals and walruses which are hunted.
General Information
Cruise Season – May - Oct
Currency – Danish krone (DKK)
Population – 68 approx
Language – Kalaalllisut, Danish
Electricity – 2 round pins European style
Time – GMT minus four hours
International Country Telephone Code + 299
Travel Links – Air Greenland operates settlement flights to Qaanaaq Airport and to Savissivik Heliport via Thule Air Base. The twice-weekly flights are subsidized by the Government of Greenland. Transfers at the airbase are subject to access restrictions by the Danish Foreign Ministry.