NUUK

nook, formerly Godthåbgôtˈhôp, town (1996 pop. 12,882), Nuuk dist., W Greenland, on the Godthåbfjord. The largest town and capital of Greenland, it is the seat of the national council and of the supreme court, and it has foreign consulates. Nuuk also has radio stations and newspapers, is a fishing center, and has oil and liquid gas storage facilities. An airfield was built there in the late 1970s. The town was founded in 1721 by Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary. The Godthåbfjord region has fine pastures and supports reindeer herds. At the head of the fjord are the remains of Vesterbygd, a 10th-century Norse settlement.

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books on: Nuuk  - 43 results

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Protecting the Polar Marine Environment: Law and Policy for Pollution Prevention
Book by Davor Vidas; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Marine Pollution--Law And Legislation--Polar Regions, Marine Resources Conservation--Law And Legislation--Polar Regions
...based pollution activities. The 1993 Nuuk Declaration pledged precautionary approaches...detail in Chapter 4 of this book, the Nuuk Declaration also endorsed the establishment...Vidas, Chapter 4 in this book. 60 The Nuuk Declaration on Environment and Development...
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Yearbook of International Environmental Law - Vol. 4
Book by Günther Handl, Daniel Bodansky, Lothar Gundling, Linda A. Malone, Philippe Sands, Craig M. Scott; Clarendon Press, 1994
Subjects: Environmental Law, International--Periodicals
...and the United States of America met in Nuuk, Greenland on 16 September 1993 for the...results of the Ministerial Meeting were the Nuuk Declaration on Environment and Development...the Arctic Environment. Notably, the Nuuk Declaration on Environment and Development...
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A Geography of Islands: Small Island Insularity
Book by Stephen A. Royle; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Islands--Economic Conditions--Maps, Islands--Geography--Maps, Islands--Maps, Islands--Social Aspects--Maps
...administrative work in the capital city of Nuuk and also some military areas, are largely...islands are often chosen. In fact the word Nuuk means peninsular, it is as if its location...Cold War. This airstrip has flights to Nuuk and to Iceland, as well as helicopter...
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Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Book by Darrell A. Posey, Graham Dutfield; International Development Research Centre, 1996
Subjects: Cultural Property--Protection--Law And Legislation, Ethnoscience, Indigenous Peoples--Legal Status, Laws, Etc, Intellectual Property
...Conference (Greenland) PO Box 204 DK-3900 Nuuk, Greenland T?+M92?? 1 a.;. +2QQ...Greenland Home Rule Government PO Box 909 3900 Nuuk, Greenland Tel +299 Z 3000 Fax:+29L...Fishermens Association) PO Box 3H6 DK-3900 Nuuk, Greenland Tcl: +2?9 Z 2422/+299...
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Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law
Book by Karen Knop; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: International Law, Self-Determination, National, Women (International Law)
...Countries in the Operation of Schemes of Internal Self-Government of Indigenous Peoples, Nuuk, Greenland, 24 28 September 1991, UN Doc. HR/NUUK/1991/SEM.1/BP.10 1991 ; Preamble, Mataatua Declaration of Cultural and Intellectual...
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journal articles on: Nuuk  - 20 results

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New Pieces to the Archaean Terrane Jigsaw Puzzle in the Nuuk Region, Southern West Greenland: Steps in Transforming a Simple Insight into a Complex Regional Tectonothermal Model
Journal article by Clark R. L Friend, Allen P. Nutman; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 162, 2005
Subjects: Geology, Mapping, Models, Nuuk Greenland
...the Archaean Terrane Jigsaw Puzzle in the Nuuk Region, Southern West Greenland: Steps...described by Coney et al. (1980). In the Nuuk region of southern West Greenland, Friend...Using the simple observation that the Nuuk region Archaean gneiss complex is divided...
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Dating of the Ameralik Dyke Swarms of the Nuuk District, Southern West Greenland: Mafic Intrusion Events Starting from C. 3510 Ma
Journal article by Allen P. Nutman, Clark R. L Friend, Vickie C. Bennett, Vic R. McGregor; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 161, 2004
Subjects: Carbon dating, Geological time, Greenland, Minerals
...Dating of the Ameralik Dyke Swarms of the Nuuk District, Southern West Greenland: Mafic...intrude Palaeoarchaean gneisses in the Nuuk region (Fig. 1), southern West Greenland...Geological setting of the Ameralik dykes in the Nuuk region Extensive field and laboratory work...
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Between Tradition and Innovation
Journal article by Jane Buus Soerensen, Anders Gedionsen, Else Sondergaard; The Journal of Educational Thought, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Greenland, Information technology, Innovations, Teachers, Teaching, Traditions, Training
...Ilinniarfissuaq, situated in the capital of Nuuk. There are two ways to be trained as a...training, these students have to move to Nuuk to finish their studies there. At the present time there are 120 students living in Nuuk and 40 field-based students. The reason...
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New Sims U-pb Zircon Ages from the Langavat Belt, South Harris, Nw Scotland: Implications for the Lewisian Terrane Model
Journal article by N. M. Kelly, R. W. Hinton, S. L. Harley, S. K. Appleby; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 165, 2008
Subjects: Debates, Geological time, Geology, Plate tectonics, Studies
...behaviour of the middle-lower continental crust. Along with the Nuuk region of southern West Greenland, the Lewisian has also been...theory, as applied both to the Lewisian and previously to the Nuuk region of southern West Greenland (e.g. Friend et al. 1987...
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A Mid-archaean Island Arc Complex in the Eastern Akia Terrane, Godthåbsfjord, Southern West Greenland
Journal article by Adam A. Garde; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 164, 2007
Subjects: Geology, Plate tectonics, Stratigraphy
...the largest of several tectono-stratigraphic terranes in the Nuuk region and has undergone a complex history of volcanic and plutonic...grade Archaean cratons. The Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum, Nuuk, Greenland, gave economic support for field and laboratory...
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The Big Thaw: To Much of the World, Greenland Is an Obscure Island Sheathed in Ice, a Giant White Blotch on the Map. Now, a Warming Climate Is Freeing Up the Country's Resources in Previously Frozen Expanses of Land and Sea, and Greenlanders Are Bestirring Themselves to Seek Independence from Denmark
Magazine article by Joshua Kucera; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 32, Autumn 2008
Subjects: Autonomy, Autonomy (Political science), Environmental management--Political aspects, Environmental protection--Political aspects, Global warming, Greenland--Natural resources, Greenland--Political aspects
...Independence from Denmark. by Joshua Kucera NUUK, GREENLAND, IS A POKY LITTLE PLACE...against a dramatic mountain backdrop, Nuuk looks like a western ski resort with some...a new, Inuit name for the capital, Nuuk (pronounced "nuke"), formerly known...
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The Church of Greenland and the Inuit Organ Tradition
Magazine article by Randall Harlow; The American Organist, Vol. 44, January 2010
...towns on the east coast. The capital, Nuuk (pop. 16,500), is by far the largest...in the east I traveled to the capital, Nuuk, to begin my extensive travels up and...cosmopolitan Scandinavian city in miniature, Nuuk is not only the seat of Greenlands Home...
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Greenland: A Dream at the Top of the World: Affluence, Modernity, Tolerance, and Civil Unions: Forget Everything You've Ever Thought about Remote, Icy Greenland. the World's Largest Island Is at the Forefront of the 21st Century in More Ways Than One
Magazine article by Matthew Link; The Advocate, August 14, 2007
Subjects: Celebrities--Interviews, Olsen, Erik--Interviews
...I was sitting in an upscale bar in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, chatting over...sat in, as was the modern city life of Nuuk outside, as was the fact that LGBT parties...tour guide to the top two officials at Nuuk Tourism, who happen to be an out gay man...
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Despatches: From Greenland to the Australian Desert, It's Been a Year of Dramatic Change. New Statesman Writes Report, at Christmas, from around the World
Magazine article by Isabel Hilton, Kim Mahood, Owen Sheers; New Statesman, Vol. 137, December 22, 2008
Subjects: Australia--Economic aspects, Australia--Environmental aspects, Christmas--International aspects, Climate change--Influence, Climatic changes--Influence, Environmental protection--Economic aspects, Environmental protection--Political aspects, Financial crises--Forecasts and trends, Financial crises--Social aspects, Oregon--Environmental aspects, Poland--Economic aspects, Poland--Environmental aspects
...that connects with Greenlands capital, Nuuk. In the arrivals hall, I spot old friends...is the local plane that will take us to Nuuk. They say it needs a strip only three...black night. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED In the Nuuk arrivals hall, an official is waiting...
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Independent Means: Kathryn Hadley on the History Behind Greenland's Recent Referendum
Magazine article by Kathryn Hadley; History Today, Vol. 59, January 2009
Subjects: Greenland--Political aspects, Home rule--Laws, regulations and rules
...no larger than that of Folkestone in Kent, with the capital, Nuuk, containing just 15,000 inhabitants. In recent years, however...coast. The final decision will be taken by the parliaments in Nuuk and Copenhagen. If the expansion of self-rule is approved...
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Danish Island Fueled for Independence; Control of Oil Reserves Could Build Up Economy
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 22, 2009
Subjects: Autonomy (Political science)--Political aspects, Autonomy--Political aspects, Fossil fuel deposits--Political aspects, Petroleum reserves--Political aspects, Petroleum--Political aspects, Petroleum--Reserves
...Joshua Kucera, THE WASHINGTON TIMES NUUK, Greenland -- The worlds largest island...At a ceremony in Greenlands capital, Nuuk, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, wearing...30s. Several Greenlanders interviewed in Nuuk said the excitement over the new government...
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Global Warming Impacting Greenlanders' Daily Lives
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 10, 2009
Subjects: Air pollution, Global warming
...Warming Impacting Greenlanders Daily Lives. NUUK, July 9, 2009 (AFP) - From his trawler that motors along the Nuuk fjord, fisherman Johannes Heilmann has...themselves.Its very visible in the ArcticIn Nuuk, residents like Nana Pedersen and Sofus...
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That Sinking Feeling; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 25, 2011
...GREENLANDS first hydraulic power plant was built near the Buksefjord, south of Nuuk, in 1993. The plant has an output of 30 MW. Power is led from it to Nuuk via a high-voltage line which crosses two fjords. The free span carries a 5,376m...
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Great Whites to Starboard. Amy Watkins Enjoys a Ship's Eye View of Giant Icebergs on Her Way from Norway to Iceland in the Oarstrokes of the Vikings
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 16, 2011
Subjects: Cruise ships
...frozen tundra and Tolkienesque mountains on our way to the capital Nuuk. A hilltop statue of Hans Egede, the Danish-Norwegian missionary...left, while Amy struggles to post her Dear Santa letter at Nuuk THAR SHE FLOES: Amy on the MS Discovery passes the icebergs...
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That Sinking Feeling; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 25, 2011
...world? GREENLANDS first hydraulic power plant was built near the Buksefjord, south of Nuuk, in 1993. The plant has an output of 30MW. Power is led from it to Nuuk via a high-voltage line which crosses two fjords. The free span carries a 5,376m...
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encyclopedia articles on: Nuuk  - 3 results

 
 
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Nuuk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NUUK nook, formerly Godthab got hop, town (1996 pop. 12,882), Nuuk dist., W Greenland, on the Godthabfjord. The largest...the supreme court, and it has foreign consulates. Nuuk also has radio stations and newspapers, is a fishing...
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Greenland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ocean in the south; and Davis Strait and Baffin Bay in the west, which separate it from Baffin Island, Canada. The capital is Nuuk (formerly Godthab). Land and People Greenland is 1,659 mi (2,670 km) long from Cape Farewell (lat. 59 46N) to Cape...
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GodthÅb
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GODTHAB Greenland: see Nuuk . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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