Ikerasaarsuk

Ikerasaarsuk is a village in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. Its population was 90 in 2020.[1]

Ikerasaarsuk
Ikerasaarsuk
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 68°08′25″N 53°26′40″W
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup
Population
 (2020)
 • Total90
Time zoneUTC-03
Postal code
3955 Kangaatsiaq

Transport

Air 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

The population of Ikerasaarsuk has been stable in the last two decades, increasing by half since 1990, and levelling off in the 2000s.[4]

Ikerasaarsuk population growth dynamics in the last two decades. Source: Statistics Greenland[4]

References
  1. "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
  2. "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  3. Diskoline timetable Archived 2009-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
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