Uunarteq
Uunarteq | |
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  Uunarteq Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 70°25′08″N 21°58′20″W / 70.41889°N 21.97222°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality |  Sermersooq |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Abandoned | 1980s |
| Time zone | UTC-01 |
Uunarteq, formerly Kap Tobin and Unarteg, is an abandoned settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland, located 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Ittoqqortoormiit.
History
[edit]The settlement was founded by fishermen and their families in 1926. In 1947 a telegraph and weather station were erected; the station itself employed roughly 20 people. At its largest extent, the settlement was home for approximately 120 people, with its own grade school. The village housed a seismic station until 1960, when it was closed down.[1] Uunarteq was abandoned as a settlement in the mid-1980s, when the local weather station was closed. Today the remaining buildings serve as cottages for the inhabitants of nearby Ittoqqortoormiit. The last family left the settlement in 2004.
Climate
[edit]The place of the outlying village has a tundra climate (Köppen: ET), like most coastal places in Greenland, where temperatures above zero can remain on average in the summer months, although much of the year is like a long winter.[2]
| Climate data for Uunarteq (north), elevation: 41 m, 1961-1990 normals[a] | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−4.1 (24.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.1 (3.0) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−15.3 (4.5) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−10.8 (12.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52.0 (2.05) |
39.0 (1.54) |
47.0 (1.85) |
27.0 (1.06) |
27.0 (1.06) |
27.0 (1.06) |
30.0 (1.18) |
48.0 (1.89) |
41.0 (1.61) |
67.0 (2.64) |
42.0 (1.65) |
48.0 (1.89) |
495 (19.48) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 81 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.0 | 74.0 | 73.0 | 73.0 | 77.0 | 80.0 | 78.0 | 77.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 74.0 | 74.0 | 75.3 |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
Places of interest
[edit]In the area ruins of an early Inuit village can be found. The ruins are located at the nearby hot springs, the average temperature of which is 140 °F (60.0 °C).
Notes
[edit]- ^ Except for precipitation days and fall (snow and rain) that have the measurement period of 1961-1980 (20 years).
References
[edit]- ^ denstoredanske.dk
- ^ "Kap Tobin, Greenland Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ "Uunarteq (04340) - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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