Kulusuk

Kulusuk (originally: Qulusuk) is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland, located on an island of the same name. The settlement population of 286 is quite uncommon for an Inuit settlement in Greenland with many Danes choosing to live there, due to the airport. In the Greenlandic language, the name of the village means "the chest of a black guillemot". The urbanized area of the settlement is centered around the harbour in the northwestern part of the island, on the shores of the Torsuut Tunoq sound. Industrial utility buildings are also scattered in the vicinity of the airport, to the northwest of the runway. The island is small, 8 km (5.0 mi) from north to south and 11 km (6.8 mi) from west to east. It is...