Ilulissat

Ilulissat (in) is a city of the Greenland, the third in term of population. Populated: 4533 inhabitants and of a surface of approximately 47000 km2, it is by, on the west coast of Greenland, in the Baie of Disko.

History

The archeological site of Sermermiut is one of most important of Greenland. It comprises vestiges of the cultures Saqqaq, Dorset and Thulé.

The area of Ilulissat was important a zone of hunting, named Nordrseta, for the Vikings between the 10th century and the arrival of the Inuits at the 13th century.

Before the arrival of Europeans at the 17th century, Sermermiut was an important camping inuit of approximately 250 hearts. The modern city was built by missionaries in 1741.

Glacier of Ilulissat

Ilulissat is a tourist destination very appraisal because of its many Fjord S picturesque.

Near the city, the frozen fjord (icefjord) of Ilulissat, 4024 km2, icestream or current of ice of tide from 3 to 6 kilometers broad, is the maritime mouth of Sermeq Kujalleq (6,5% of the cap), one of the rare glaciers through which the ice of the Greenlandic ice cap reaches the sea.

This glacier is one of the largest suppliers of iceberg of the northern Hemisphere. Indeed, this one melts at average intervals from 20 to 35 meters per day. It results an annual production from it from 20 billion tons Iceberg S (what represents the quantity of fresh water used annually in France) some measure more than 1000 m height. Their size is such as they can remain blocked several years in the fjord before being released and deriving towards the ocean.

This glacier is classified with the world heritage of UNESCO. It is a site privileged for the observation of the cast iron of the glaciers and the Global warming. Many a glaciologists and climatologists observes it attentively.

Part of the action of the last novel of David Gibbins, the candlestick of gold, proceeds with the glacier of Ilulissat.

Personalities born in Ilulissat

the polar explorer Knud Rasmussen whose house of childhood became a museum which is devoted to him.

Transport

Ilulissat can be joined only by the sea or the airs. The company Air Greenland proposes scheduled flights at the beginning of Ilulissat.

Sport

N-48 and I-69, clubs of local Football.

External bonds

Official site of the municipality of Ilulissat
Site of tourist information

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