Ikerasaarsuk is a village in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Previously known as Ikerakuuk, its population was 98 in 2021.[1]
Ikerasaarsuk | |
|---|---|
  Ikerasaarsuk Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 68°08′25″N 53°26′40″W / 68.14028°N 53.44444°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Qeqertalik |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 98 |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3955 Kangaatsiaq |
Transport
editAir Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Ikerasaarsuk Heliport to Iginniarfik Heliport and Kangaatsiaq Heliport.[2] Settlement flights in the Aasiaat Archipelago are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring.
During summer and autumn, when the waters of Disko Bay are navigable, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline.[3] The ferry links Ikerasaarsuk with Kangaatsiaq, Attu, Iginniarfik, Niaqornaarsuk, and Aasiaat.
Population
editThe population of Ikerasaarsuk has been stable in the last two decades, increasing by half since 1990, and levelling off in the 2000s.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Greenland in Figures 2021" (PDF). 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ Diskoline timetable Archived 2009-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine