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Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenlandi
Regional Level Types
ManiitsoqTown
Maniitsoq IslandIsland
QeqqataMunicipality
GreenlandAutonomous Territory

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 24' 27'' North , 52° 54' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
65.40768,-52.90057
GeoHash:
G#: fgdkh5ngr
GRN:
N44W17
Type:
Town
Mindat Locality ID:
30299
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:30299:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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Danish:
Sukkertoppen, Qeqqata Kommune, Grønland
French:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Groenland
German:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata Kommunia, Grönland
Greenlandic:
Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq, Qeqqata Kommunia, Kalaallit Nunaat
Italian:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Groenlandia
Russian:
Маниитсок, Кекката, Гренландия
Simplified Chinese:
瑪尼特索克, 馬尼特索克島, 凯克卡塔, 格陵兰
Spanish:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Groenlandia
Arabic:
مانيتسوك, كيكاتا, جرينلاند
Asturian:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Groenlandia
Belarusian:
Манітсок, Востраў Грэнландыя
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Маніітсак, Грэнляндыя
Catalan:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Groenlàndia
Cebuano:
Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Greenland
Czech:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Grónsko
Dutch:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Groenland
Finnish:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Grönlanti
Georgian:
მანიიტსოკი, გრენლანდია
Hebrew:
מאניצוק, גרינלנד
Icelandic:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Grænland
Japanese:
マニートソック, ケカッタ, グリーンランド
Komi:
Маниитсок, Гренландия
Macedonian:
Манитсок, Кеката, Гренланд
Northern Frisian:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Greenlun
Norwegian:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Grønland
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Maniitsoq, Grønland
Polish:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Grenlandia
Portuguese:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Gronelândia
Romanian:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Groenlanda
Samogitian:
Manitsoks, Grenlandėjė
Swedish:
Maniitsoq, Qeqqata, Grönland


It should be noted that some papers refer to Maniitsoq municipality, however this was merged into Qeqqata Municipality 1 January 2009.

Maniitsoq municipality included not only the island but much of what is now Qeqqata Municipality.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniitsoq
Wikidata ID:Q847691
GeoNames ID:3421982

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References

Mitchell, Roger H., Scott Smith, Barbara H., Larsen, Lotte M. (1999) Mineralogy of ultramafic dikes from the Sarfartoq, Sisimiut and Maniitsoq areas, west Greenland: Kimberlites or Melnoites? International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstracts: 1998, 7 (1). 600-602 doi:10.29173/ikc2818
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