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Igaliku

Field	Value
name	Igaliku
other_name	Garðar, Igaliko
image_skyline	Vatnahverfi.jpg
imagesize	300
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Greenland
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type	State
subdivision_name	Kingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1	Constituent country
subdivision_name1	Greenland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	[[File:Kujalleq-coat-of-arms.svg	22px]] Kujalleq
government_footnotes
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Klaus Egede
established_title	Founded
established_date	1783
population_as_of	2025
population_total	31
timezone1	Western Greenland Time
utc_offset1	−02:00
timezone1_DST	Western Greenland Summer Time
utc_offset1_DST	−01:00
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	3921 Narsaq

Igaliku is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The town was founded as Igaliko in 1783 by the trader and colonial administrator Anders Olsen and his Greenlandic wife, Tuperna. In 2020, Igaliku had 21 inhabitants. The nearby Norse ruins of Garðar and the farms surrounding the town were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017 as part of the Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap site.

Geography

Igaliku is located southeast of Narsarsuaq, on a peninsula jutting off the mainland of Greenland near the eastern shore of upper Tunulliarfik Fjord. Access to Igaliku from Narsarsauq is cheaper and easier by landing at the small harbor of Itilleq and then crossing the isthmus 4 km (2.5 mi).

Landmarks and sights

Igaliku is best known for the ruins of Garðar, once the religious heart of 12th-century Norse Greenland. The area was at the very heart of the Eastern Settlement and has been extensively archaeologically excavated since the 1830s. There are several historical graves in the area, although most have not presently been identified. The nearby area was documented by New York fine art photographer, Steve Giovinco, as part of a grant from the Scandinavian-American Foundation.

Infrastructure

The settlement has a general store, a church including the congregation building, and a school, Atuarfik Igaliku (Greenlandic for "the school of Igaliku"). There is only one road into the village (called King's Road), which connects Igaliku to a small dock at the farming settlement, Itilleq.

Population

The population of Igaliku has been stable in the last two decades.

Climate

Igaliku has a tundra climate (ET) with cool summers and cold winters.{{Weather box

References

"Sermitsiaq, 2008/07/18".
"Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap". United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
Ivittuut/Narsarsuaq/Qaqortoq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
"Metal Traveller in Igaliku". Metaltraveller.
O'Carroll, Etain. (2005). "Greenland and the Arctic". Lonely Planet.
"Statistics Greenland".
"IGALIKU CLIMATE".

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