Ikerasaarsuk Explained

Ikerasaarsuk
Image Skyline Llpp:Ikerasaarsuk-Qallunaat-Island.jpg
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Greenland
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Type1:Constituent country
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Qeqertalik
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:98
Timezone:UTC-03
Coordinates:68.1403°N -53.4444°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:3955 Kangaatsiaq

Ikerasaarsuk is a village in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. Its population was 98 in 2021.[1]

Transport

Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Ikerasaarsuk Heliport to Iginniarfik Heliport and Kangaatsiaq Heliport.[2] Settlement flights in the Aasiaat Archipelago are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring.

During summer and autumn, when the waters of Disko Bay are navigable, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline.[3] The ferry links Ikerasaarsuk with Kangaatsiaq, Attu, Iginniarfik, Niaqornaarsuk, and Aasiaat.

Population

The population of Ikerasaarsuk has been stable in the last two decades, increasing by half since 1990, and levelling off in the 2000s.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021. Greenland in Figures 2021. 29 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Booking system . Air Greenland . 6 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100422211033/http://book.airgreenland.com/ . 22 April 2010 .
  3. http://diskoline.gl/index.php?page_label=schedule Diskoline timetable
  4. http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland