Alluitsup Paa

Alluitsup Paa (old spelling: Agdluitsup pâ, Danish: Sydprøven) is a village in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Founded in 1830, Alluitsup Paa had 303 residents in 2010. The settlement is, along Narsarsuaq, one of the rare settlements in Kujalleq municipality without its own church. The majority of church marriages and religious festivities take place in Qaqortoq. On the Uunartoq Island in the vicinity of the town there are geothermal springs with temperatures between 34 and 38 degrees Celsius. There are drifting icebergs offshore, and many whales frequent these waters. Qerrortuut Inuit ruins of previous settlements from late 18th and early 19th centuries can be found on the island. There are ruins of a nunnery built...