PAAMIUT

päˈmēootˌ, formerly Frederikshåbfrĭthˈrĭgzhôpˌ, town (1996 pop. 2,040), Paamiut dist., SW Greenland; founded in 1792. Fishing, seal hunting, and sheep raising are the main occupations.

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Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing
Book by Betty Kobayashi Issenman; University of British Columbia Press, 1997
Subjects: Eskimos--Costume, Inuit--Costume
Oleq Uelen, Chukotka Paamiut Frederikshab, Greenland Pangniqtuuq Pangnirtung, NWT Paulatuuq...Eskimo Point, NWT Arviat Fort Chimo Kuujjuaq Frederikshab, Greenland Paamiut Frobisher Bay Iqaluit George River Port Nouveau-Quebec Kangiqsualujjuaq...
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The Right to National Self-Determination: The Faroe Islands and Greenland
Book by Sjurour Skaale; Martinus Nijhoff, 2004
Subjects: Decolonization--Faroe Islands, Decolonization--Greenland, Denmark--Colonies--Administration, Self-Determination, National--Faroe Islands, Self-Determination, National--Greenland
...1983.9860. See also a recent case accepting a Greenland statute as legislation rather than admin- istrative regulation , Perorsaasut Ilinniarsimasut PeqatiBi!ffiat som mandatar_flr A v. Paamiut Kommuniat, U.2oo!.2?9<.0.


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Tectonomagmatic Events during Stretching and Basin Formation in the Labrador Sea and the Davis Strait: Evidence from Age and Composition of Mesozoic to Palaeogene Dyke Swarms in West Greenland
Journal article by Lotte M. Larsen, Larry M. Heaman, Robert A. Creaser, Robert A. Duncan, Robert Frei, Mark Hutchison; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 166, 2009
Subjects: Age, Composition, Geology
...rocks generated at the highest pressures are the Triassic-Jurassic aillikites, alnoites and carbonatites of Pyramidefjeld, Paamiut, Frederiksha b Isblink, Fae ringehavn, Tikiusaaq, Fossilik, Qaqqarsuk and Uummannaq Fjord. The iron-rich monchiquites...


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magazine articles on: Paamiut  - 1 result

 
 
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On the Trail of Erik the Red
Magazine article by Judith Lindbergh; Scandinavian Review, Vol. 85, Spring/Summer 1997
Subjects: Cruises, Greenland, Travel
...proceeds going to the town. Just a little further up the coast, Paamiut, known as the "artists colony" of southwest Greenland...the many items for sale by local artists and craftspeople. Paamiut provided the perfect opportunity to purchase soapstone carvings...


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encyclopedia articles on: Paamiut  - 2 results

 
 
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Paamiut
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PAAMIUT pa meoot , formerly Frederikshab frith rigzhop , town (1996 pop. 2,040), Paamiut dist., SW Greenland; founded in 1792. Fishing, seal hunting, and sheep raising are the main occupations...
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FrederikshÅb
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FREDERIKSHAB Greenland: see Paamiut . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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