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Dundas (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 76 34 38 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 76.5770 decimal degrees |
| Long: 068 46 32 W degrees minutes |
Long: -68.7790 decimal degrees |
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Note: Former site of the Thule Eskimoes' primary settlement, which was called "Thule" and was moved to Qaanaaq (also called "Thule") after 1951, when the military center was expanded; currently is near a United States defense area. |
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Dundas (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Thule Eskimoes, trading post established by explorer Knud Rasmussen in 1910, later became US military base |
| town (C) |
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| military center (C) |
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for the USA, for nearby Thule Air Base, by agreement with Denmark after World War II |
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Qaanaaq .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Greenland, lost & found/Grønland) [7024610] |
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