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Naajaat

Settlement in Greenland

Summary

Settlement in Greenland

Field	Value
name	Naajaat
image_skyline	Naajaat panorama 2007-08-09 2 cropped USM downsampled edit.jpg
imagesize	300px
image_caption	Fjerling in 2010
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	Avannaata
population_as_of	2025
population_total	45
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	3962 Upernavik

Naajaat is a settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Former spellings include. Located on a small island of the same name, the settlement had 43 inhabitants as of 1 January 2024.

Upernavik Archipelago

Main article: Upernavik Archipelago

Naajaat is located within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately to the southern end of Melville Bay () in the north at approximately .

Infrastructure

In Naajaat, there is no shop available. The nearest shop and post office are located approximately 10 km to the northwest in Innaarsuit.

While the sea surrounding Naajaat offers excellent fishing opportunities, local fishermen must sail to Innaarsuit to sell their catch.

Population

The population of Naajaat has been relatively stable over the last the 2000s and 2010s.

References

"Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
Nunavik, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
[http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-12)

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