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Nuuk (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 64 11 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 64.1830 decimal degrees |
| Long: 051 45 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -51.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Early Norse settlement, West Settlement, was located on or near this site, but apparently disappeared in 13th cen.; modern town dates from 18th cen., when missionary Hans Egede founded a colony here. |
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| Nuuk (preferred,C,V,Greenlandic-P,U,N)
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| Godthåb (C,V,Danish-P,U,N)
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| Godthaab (C,V)
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| Nûk (C,V)
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| Vesterbygden (H,V)
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| West Settlement (H,O,English,U,N)
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Nuuk (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Erik the Red after 986, modern town founded in 1721 |
| town (C) |
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| capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Greenland .......... (dependent state) |
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(World, North and Central America) [7024573] |
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