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Aasivissuit–Nipisat

Aasivissuit–Nipisat

Cultural · Inscribed: 2018

Site Information

UNESCO ID
1557
Category
Cultural
Country
Greenland
Inscribed
2018
Coordinates
67.0639, -51.4332
Components
2

Selection Criteria

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Description

Aasivissuit – Nipisat: Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea is a cultural landscape and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the central part of Western Greenland. Added to the World Heritage List in 2018, the site preserves the archeological remains of over 4000 years of occupation and contains well-preserved evidence of seasonal hunting and gathering. Remains from the Saqqaq, Dorset, and Thule cultures and sites from the later Inuit and colonial era are protected within the site.

The Aasivissuit– Nipisat World Heritage Site is located just north of the Arctic Circle in the Qeqqata Municipality in Western Greenland. It stretches along a 235 km transect that runs east–west from Nipisat Island in the Davis Strait to the Greenland Ice Sheet.

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