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Qaanaaq (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 77 29 22 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 77.4890 decimal degrees |
| Long: 069 19 56 W degrees minutes |
Long: -69.3210 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at Inglefield Gulf; new primary settlement of the Thule Eskimoes, who were moved from Thule (now called "Dundas") after 1951 when the US military center there expanded. |
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| Qaanaaq (preferred,C,V,Greenlandic-P,U,N)
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| Thule (H,V,Danish,U,N)
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............ | so-named in 1951, now generally called "Qaanaaq," which was the original name of the site |
| Qânâq (C,V)
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| Karna (C,V)
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| Kanâq (C,V)
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| Kanäk (C,V)
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Qaanaaq (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Thule Eskimoes in 1951, at site of previous settlement |
| town (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| moved from .... |
Dundas .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Greenland, lost & found/Grønland) [1016579] |
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