Map of Greenland

Many town names in Greenland has had both Danish and Greenlandic names. The Greenlandic names are used now, however you might run into a Danish name in historical writing and old maps.

Below is a map of Greenland and a list of the Greenlandic town names and the former Danish name.

Greenlandic name / Danish name
Qaanaaq / Thule
Pituffik / Thule Air Base
Upernavik / Upernavik
Uummannaq / Umanak
Qeqertarsuaq / Godhavn
Ilulissat / Jakobshavn
Qasigiannguit / Christianshåb
Aasiaat / Egedesminde
Kangaatsiaq / Kangatsiak
Kangerlussuaq / Søndre Strømfjord
Sisimiut / Holsteinsborg
Maniitsoq / Sukkertoppen
Nuuk / Godthåb
Paamiut / Frederikshåb
Narsaq / Narssaq
Qaqortoq / Julianehåb
Ammassalik/Tasiilaq / Angmagssalik
Ittoqqortoormiit / Scoresbysund