page_title: Nasaasaaq
section_title: Polar Route
hierarchical_section_title: Nasaasaaq / Tourism / Polar Route
caption_attribution_description: Air Greenland de Havilland Canada Dash-7 flying just north of the summit of Nasaasaaq (784m), descending over Sisimiut (Greenland) towards Sisimiut Airport during its flight from Kangerlussuaq Airport. Cropped.
context_page_description: Nasaasaaq is a 784-metre-high prominent mountain in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. It is located on the mainland of Greenland, immediately to the southeast of Sisimiut on the northern coast of Amerloq Fjord, a tributary of Davis Strait.
  The mountain massif is spread out over 6 kilometres in the west–east direction, constituting the terminal point of a long mountain range extending from the Pingu mountain group halfway between Davis Strait and the Greenland ice sheet. The range flattens considerably towards the east in the area of Kangaamiut dike swarm north of Kangerlussuaq, due to pressure exerted by the icesheet for long periods in the past. The Nasaasaaq ridge connects to the other latitudinal ridges approximately 15 km east of Sisimiut.
context_section_description: The tough, 160-kilometre-long (99 mi) Arctic Circle Race takes place each winter, with the trail partially overlapping with the Polar Route from Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq. The race was inaugurated in 1998, since then becoming an international competition. The Polar Route passes through the saddle between Nasaasaaq and the much lower Alanngorsuaq mountain to the north, with the summit of the latter sometimes visited by way of a variant. A small lift for downhill skiing is also installed on the saddle.
caption: Air Greenland de Havilland Canada Dash-7 flying just north of the summit of Nasaasaaq, descending over Sisimiut towards Sisimiut Airport during its flight from Kangerlussuaq Airport. Left to right: the summit cone of Nasaasaaq, the saddle between the main summit and the western trabant.
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