Umanak | |
Native Name: | Uummannaq |
Caption: | The Herrnhut mission station Uummannaq at the bay of Nuuk (c.1900) |
Map Type: | Greenland |
Map Size: | 240 |
Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 64.4911°N -50.7988°W |
Location: | Northeast from Nuuk, Greenland |
Region: | Greenland |
Umanak (Kalaallisut: Uummannaq, "Heart-shaped") was a former Moravian mission in mid-western Greenland, located upfjord from Neu-Herrnhut (modern Nuuk).[1]
It was founded in 1861 and surrendered to the Lutheran Church of Denmark in 1900.[2] [3]