Kangilinnguit

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Kangilinnguit
Location of the Ivittuut municipality in Greenland
Kangilinnguit Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 61°14′N 48°06′W / 61.233, -48.1
Country	Kingdom of Denmark
Province	Greenland
Municipality	Ivituut
Population (2005)
- Total	176

Kangilinnguit, (Danish: Grønnedal, old spelling Kangilínguit) is a settlement and a naval base in southwest Greenland, founded as 'Green Valley' by the American Navy during the Second World War to protect the highly strategic cryolite quarry at the former town of Ivittuut.

The base is the seat and only town of the Municipality of Ivittuut and has 176 inhabitants (January 2005), most of which are military personnel. Kangilinnguit is located at approximately 61°14′N, 48°06′W situated at the Arsuk Fjord.

[edit] References

"Greenland and the Arctic". By Etain O'Carroll and Mark Elliott. Lonely Planet 2005. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.

[edit] External links

• Historic photos from Kangilinnguit
• Website of the Greenland Command at Kangilinnguit (in Danish).
• www.arsukfjorden.gl local web site with maps and municipal information, mostly in Danish.