Igaliku
Igaliku is a city in Greenland with a population of about 21.
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.
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About Igaliku
| Country | Greenland |
| Continent | North America |
| Explore | 04 |
| Population | 21 |
| Local currency | DKK |
| Coordinates | 60.9877, -45.4207 |
| Time zone | America/Nuuk |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | Small town |
| Distance to the capital | 480 km · Nuuk |
| Population (Greenland) | #72 most populated in Greenland |
| Where on Earth | 60°59′16″N · 45°25′15″W |
| Hemisphere | N · W |
| Distance to the equator | 6,789 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 3,230 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 92% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Surgut (Russia) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -60.99, 134.58 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| London | 2,919 km |
| New York | 2,971 km |
| Paris | 3,246 km |
| Moscow | 4,546 km |
| Los Angeles | 5,841 km |
| Cairo | 6,413 km |