Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Avannaata

Current local time in Upernavik:

02:46 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Upernavik on map:^[1]

Upernavik GPS coordinates^[2]

72° 47' 13.92" North, 56° 8' 39.696" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	72.99405°,	-56.84749°
Center:	72.7872°,	-56.14436°
Lower-right:	72.57791°,	-55.44124°
Map W x H:	46.3×46.3 km	= 28.8×28.8mi

max Lat:	77.46666°   ⇑5.6% North
Upernavik:	72.7872°
min Lat:	⇓94.4% South 60.14169°

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min Long	Upernavik	max Long
-69.23155°	-56.14436°	-21.96221°
W 5.6%⇐		⇒94.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Upernavik is 1 m = 3 ft, and this is 31.1 m = 102 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	242 m = 794 ft	100%
Avg.	32.1 m = 105 ft
Upernavik	1 m = 3 ft
Min E:	1 m = 3 ft	0%

See also: Greenland elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Upernavik is located in North Frigid zone (between North Pole and Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 692 km =430 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Upernavik
North Pole	1913.9	1189.2	to North
Arctic Circle	692	430	to South
Tropic Cancer	5487.3	3409.6	to South
Equator	8093.2	5028.9	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Upernavik: (largest is in red/bold)

• Aasiaat 468.8 km =291.3 mi, 165°
• Ilulissat 436.3 km =271.1 mi, 155°
• Ittoqqortoormiit 1206.7 km =749.8 mi, 102°
• Kangaatsiaq 507.9 km =315.6 mi, 168°
• Kangerlussuaq 674.8 km =419.3 mi, 162°
• Maniitsoq 829.5 km =515.4 mi, 171°
• Nuuk 972.9 km =604.5 mi, 169°
• Paamiut 1229.9 km =764.2 mi, 167°
• Qaanaaq 637.4 km =396.1 mi, 324°
• Qasigiannguit 476.5 km =296.1 mi, 157°
• Qeqertarsuaq 404.7 km =251.5 mi, 166°
• Qeqertarsuaq 1215.4 km =755.2 mi, 167°
• Sisimiut 656.9 km =408.2 mi, 171°
• Tasiilaq 1072.8 km =666.6 mi, 137°
• Uummannaq 273.4 km =169.9 mi, 149°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Упернавик
• In Chinese: 乌佩纳维克