Savissivik
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Savissivik (
municipality in northern Greenland. Located on Meteorite Island, off the northern shores of Melville Bay, the settlement had 55 inhabitants in 2020.[1]
History
In the
Arctic Canada.[3]
Transport
Air Greenland operates settlement flights to Qaanaaq Airport via Pituffik Space Base.[4] The twice-weekly flights are subsidized by the Government of Greenland. Transfers at the airbase are subject to access restrictions by the Danish Foreign Ministry.[5]
Population
The population of Savissivik decreased by over 40 percent relative to the 1990 levels, and by 10 percent relative to 2000 levels.[6]
References
- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
- ^ quarkexpeditions.com[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Lured by iron meteorite". Suluk. 4. Air Greenland: 6. 2010.
- ^ "Booking system". Air Greenland. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ Air Greenland Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Statistics Greenland Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
