Twin summits
Heart-shaped outline.
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Uummannaq Mountain is a sharp rock peak on Uummannaq Island in central-western Greenland, about 590 km north of the Arctic Circle. It rises abruptly from the sea to 1,170 m behind the small town of Uummannaq. The name Uummannaq is usually translated as «heart-shaped», after the outline of the mountain's twin summits. Its walls are gneiss banded in red and grey, and climbing it needs technical skills, so most visitors admire it from town and from boats. The town was founded in 1763 and is home to about 1,400 people who live largely from fishing and hunting, with Greenland's most northerly ferry terminal. Children in Greenland and Denmark are told that Santa Claus lives in a bay on the west of the island, where a turf hut was built for a television programme. Viewing the mountain and walking around town are free. Uummannaq is reached by helicopter from nearby Qaarsut Airport, and summer is the best time to visit, when icebergs drift in the fjord under the midnight sun.
Heart-shaped outline.
Colourful houses.
In the fjord in summer.
Uummannaq Island, Greenland
It is a technical climb for the experienced; most people view it from town.
By helicopter from Qaarsut Airport.