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Tasiusaq
Wooden houses in Tasiusaq
TasiusaqLocation within Greenland
Coordinates: 73°22′08″N 56°03′20″W / 73.36889°N 56.05556°W / 73.36889; -56.05556
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata
Population
• Total	252
Time zone	UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time)
Postal code	3962 Upernavik

Tasiusaq (old spelling: Tasiussaq) is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It had 252 inhabitants in 2020. In Kalaallisut, the name means "looks like a lake".

Upernavik Archipelago

Tasiusaq is located on Tasiusaq Island within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately 71°50′N 56°00′W / 71.833°N 56.000°W / 71.833; -56.000 to the southern end of Melville Bay (Greenlandic: Qimusseriarsuaq) in the north at approximately 74°50′N 57°30′W / 74.833°N 57.500°W / 74.833; -57.500.

Population

Tasiusaq is one of the few settlements in the Avannaata municipality exhibiting significant growth patterns over the course of the last two decades, increasing by nearly half relative to the 1990 levels and by over 7 percent relative to the 2000 levels.

Transport

During weekdays Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with flights from Tasiusaq Heliport to Innaarsuit Heliport and to Upernavik Airport.

References

1. "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
2. Nunavik, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
3. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
4. ^ Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
5. Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Cities, towns, and villages in Greenland
Avannaata	Aappilattoq Ikerasak Ilimanaq Illorsuit Ilulissat Innaarsuit Kangersuatsiaq Kullorsuaq Naajaat Niaqornat Nutaarmiut Nuugaatsiaq Nuussuaq Oqaatsut Qaanaaq Qaarsut Qeqertaq Qeqertat Saattut Saqqaq Savissivik Siorapaluk Tasiusaq Ukkusissat Upernavik Upernavik Kujalleq Uummannaq
Kujalleq	Aappilattoq Alluitsup Paa Ammassivik Eqalugaarsuit Igaliku Nanortalik Narsaq Narsarmijit Narsarsuaq Qaqortoq Qassiarsuk Qassimiut Qorlortorsuaq Saarloq Tasiusaq
Qeqertalik	Aasiaat Akunnaaq Attu Iginniarfik Ikamiut Ikerasaarsuk Qasigiannguit Qeqertarsuaq Kangerluk Kangaatsiaq Kitsissuarsuit Niaqornaarsuk
Qeqqata	Atammik Itilleq Kangaamiut Kangerlussuaq Maniitsoq Napasoq Sarfannguit Sisimiut
Sermersooq	Arsuk Isertoq Ittoqqortoormiit Kangilinnguit Kapisillit Kulusuk Kuummiit Nuuk Paamiut Qeqertarsuatsiaat Sermiligaaq Tasiilaq Tiilerilaaq

• Populated places in Greenland
• Populated places of Arctic Greenland
• Avannaata
• Tasiusaq Bay
• Upernavik Archipelago