Greenland · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

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Austmannatjern

Austmannatjern is a small, remote Arctic lake set in the high wilderness east of Nuuk, in Greenland's Sermersooq municipality. Its name is Norwegian—essentially "the Eastmen's tarn," from *austmenn* (Norsemen/eastmen) and *tjern*, a word for a small mountain lake—echoing the Norse-named landscape of the surrounding valleys. There is no village, road or visitor facility here. Austmannatjern is a destination for serious backcountry travellers rather than casual sightseers: a quiet meltwater tarn lying inland among the glacially carved terrain that Fridtjof Nansen crossed on his 1888 ski journey from the ice sheet toward the west coast.

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Uunarteq

Uunarteq—better known by its Danish name Kap Tobin—is a small ghost settlement on the coast of eastern Greenland, about 7 km south of Ittoqqortoormiit, the one of the most remote communities on Earth. Founded by hunting families in 1926 and abandoned in the mid-1980s when its weather station shut down, the cluster of wooden houses now sits quietly above the sea, kept alive mainly as summer cottages for people from the nearby town. For travellers using Ittoqqortoormiit as a base, Uunarteq makes a striking half-day excursion: an evocative Arctic ruin with real history, the warmest geothermal springs in Greenland nearby, and the raw tundra coastline of the Scoresby Sound region stretching all around.

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Greenland · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

A little more
of Greenland.

Find places to visit in Greenland. See what catches your eye, then save a few favorites for your trip.

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Greenland · GL

Austmannatjern

Austmannatjern is a small, remote Arctic lake set in the high wilderness east of Nuuk, in Greenland's Sermersooq municipality. Its name is Norwegian—essentially "the Eastmen's tarn," from *austmenn* (Norsemen/eastmen) and *tjern*, a word for a small mountain lake—echoing the Norse-named landscape of the surrounding valleys. There is no village, road or visitor facility here. Austmannatjern is a destination for serious backcountry travellers rather than casual sightseers: a quiet meltwater tarn lying inland among the glacially carved terrain that Fridtjof Nansen crossed on his 1888 ski journey from the ice sheet toward the west coast.

No photo available

Greenland · GL

Uunarteq

Uunarteq—better known by its Danish name Kap Tobin—is a small ghost settlement on the coast of eastern Greenland, about 7 km south of Ittoqqortoormiit, the one of the most remote communities on Earth. Founded by hunting families in 1926 and abandoned in the mid-1980s when its weather station shut down, the cluster of wooden houses now sits quietly above the sea, kept alive mainly as summer cottages for people from the nearby town. For travellers using Ittoqqortoormiit as a base, Uunarteq makes a striking half-day excursion: an evocative Arctic ruin with real history, the warmest geothermal springs in Greenland nearby, and the raw tundra coastline of the Scoresby Sound region stretching all around.