page_title: Uummannaq
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Uummannaq / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: The City of Uummannaq (far left), in northern Greenland, dwarfed by the 1100 meter high mountain which gives the city its name. Svenska: Staden Uummannaq (längst till vänster) på norra Grönland, i skuggan av det stora berg på över 1100 meter som har givit staden dess namn
context_page_description: Uummannaq is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland. With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020, it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal. Founded in 1763 as Omenak, the town is a hunting and fishing base, with a canning factory and a marble quarry. In 1932 the Universal Greenland-Filmexpedition with director Arnold Fanck realized the film SOS Eisberg near Uummannaq.
context_section_description: Uummannaq is located 590 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle on Uummannaq Island located in the south-central arm of the  Uummannaq Fjord. Uummannaq is also the general name given to the series of inlets north of the promontory at Niaqornat on the Nuussuaq Peninsula.
caption: Uummannaq (far left) dwarfed by Uummannaq mountain
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