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Qaanaaq (Greenland)

LC control no.n 91095553
Geographic headingQaanaaq (Greenland)
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Geographic subdivision usageGreenland--Qaanaaq
Variant(s)Thule (Greenland)
Special noteOld catalog heading: Thule, Greenland
Found inChristensen, N.O. Thule, 1985.
BGN Greenland (Thule, popl, 76°34ʹN, 68°48ʹW)
LC data base, 09-19-91 (hdg.: Thule, Greenland)
Magnetic results ... Brorfelde, Qeqertarsuaq, Qaanaaq ... 1996: section IV, p. 1 (A magnetic observatory was established at Thule (76°32.3ʹN, 29°56.5ʹE) in January 1947 ... During 1955 the observatory was re-established at the new Thule village, Qaanaaq (77°29ʹN, 29°50ʹE))
Gazetteer of Greenland (BGN), 2nd ed., 1983: (Qaanaaq [Greenlandic]; Thule [Danish]; ppl 772°8ʹN, 691°2ʹW)
Phone call to M. Lindroph, BGN, Apr. 21, 1998: (Name: Qaanaaq; variant: Thule)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (unknown; 77°29ʹ22ʺN 069°19ʹ56ʺW)
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