Talk:Ilulissat

Untitled

Please do not edit this until Jakobshavn Glacier naming issue has been resolved

Early sunrise?

I'm not sure if this is significant enough to mention, because the article has a severe lack of context, but it's been reported that the sun appeared two days early in Ilulissat this year: . It's not clear whether that's connected with global warming or some other phenomenon. Robofish (talk) 22:47, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes I think something about this recent weirdness would be entirely appropriate for the article, even if the causes are not yet known, because people are going to come here looking for answers. Apparently (the following is not really appropriate for a citation, but so far it's the best info I could find) it has nothing to with a lowered horizon due to glacial melting, and was (probably) some kind of atmospheric phenomenon (a very slight temporary change in refraction of the atmosphere at the horizon, normally roughly half a degree, perhaps):

http://halfastro.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/greenlands-early-sunrise/

(see comment 5 by the Greenland HS teacher - sound legit to me, but of course a verifiable reference would be required for the article). Jtrbnsn (talk) 21:57, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Coordinate error

{{geodata-check}}

The following coordinate fixes are needed for Ilulissat

Longitude is W instead of E.

—Kegga 99 (talk) 04:59, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Already  Done by Connormah. Deor (talk) 08:40, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Ilulissat. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20101012111624/http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/rasmussen_knud.html to http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/rasmussen_knud.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 15:54, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Ilulissat. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20120715044721/http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Portals/0/Ekstern/Generelt/Dokumenter/Gr%C3%B8nland%20som%20del%20af%20den%20bibelske%20fort%C3%A6lling%20-%20Ph.d.-afhandling.pdf to http://www.ilisimatusarfik.gl/Portals/0/Ekstern/Generelt/Dokumenter/Gr%C3%B8nland%20som%20del%20af%20den%20bibelske%20fort%C3%A6lling%20-%20Ph.d.-afhandling.pdf

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 18:58, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Ilulissat. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://arctic-council.org/article/2008/5/conference_on_the_arctic_ocean
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100523062201/http://airgreenland.com/om_air_greenland/vores_historie to http://airgreenland.com/om_air_greenland/vores_historie/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 03:33, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Ilulissat. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120602185819/http://www.qaasuitsup.gl/en/Om-kommunen/Cities-and-settlements/Ilulissat to http://www.qaasuitsup.gl/en/Om-kommunen/Cities-and-settlements/Ilulissat
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20081225163545/http://www.ilulissat.gl/En/Turisme/Beroemte/index.html to http://www.ilulissat.gl/En/Turisme/Beroemte/index.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 01:41, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Still a stub?

Personally I disagree with the tag of this article being a stub, should it be removed? -user:Year1888 13:13 (GMT+1)

2 Refs with same url

The table of temperatures and precipitation has two refs at the end of it that use the same url, brings one to the same page, written in Danish. I did not delete the second one, not sure what source the editor who put it there meant to put. Should the duplicate be deleted? - - Prairieplant (talk) 23:09, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

The 2 refs with same url are part of Source 1 in the Climate table, 1st and 3rd references. - - Prairieplant (talk) 23:12, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Featured picture scheduled for POTD

Hello! This is to let editors know that File:Ilulissat panorama from SW large.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 11, 2026. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2026-02-11. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 16:32, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Ilulissat is the municipal seat and largest town of the municipality of Avannaata in western Greenland. It is located on the eastern shore of Disko Bay, just north of the Ilulissat Icefjord World Heritage Site, and approximately 350 km (220 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. With a population of 5,149 as of 2025, it is the third-largest city in Greenland, after Nuuk and Sisimiut. The area around the town was inhabited by Inuit peoples from prehistoric times, with evidence of Saqqaq and Dorset settlements. Dutch whalers traded extensively with the local population from the 17th century and referred to the area as Maklykout. Ilulissat was later established as a trading post by Jacob Severin's company in 1741, and was named in his honor after the Battle of Jacobshavn, in which Danish forces defeated the Dutch whalers. The town was the site of the Arctic Ocean Conference in 2008, in which representatives from Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States met to discuss territorial claims in the Arctic. This 2024 photograph shows a panorama of Ilulissat taken from the south west.

Photograph credit: Ekrem Canli

Recently featured:

• Sabellastarte spectabilis
• Laura Clay
• Paula Modersohn-Becker

Coordinate error

{{geodata-check}}

The following coordinate fixes are needed for

—~2026-42475-6 (talk) 10:19, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

You haven't said what you think is wrong with the coordinates in the article, and they appear to be correct (though I've refined them a bit). If you still think that there is an error, you'll have to give a clear explanation of what it is. Deor (talk) 18:35, 20 January 2026 (UTC)