Qaasuitsup

QAASUITSUP (JAKOBSHAVN) Country : Denmark Country : Greenland Additions: 2009 Aasiaat 2009 Ilulissat 2009 Kangaatsiaq 2009 Qanaaq 2009 Qasigiannguit 2009 Qeqertarsuaq 2009 Uummannaq 2009 Upernavik Split into: Avannaata Qeqertalik Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":69.21649999999999636202119290828704833984375,"lon":-51.09960000000000235331754083745181560516357421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

Danish	blazon wanted
Greenlandic	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were adopted in August 2008.

The arms show a typical Greenlandic dogsledge with 8 dogs under a landscape of three mountains, sun, moon and snowflake. The chief shows the rays of the Aurora Borealis (nothern lights).

These are the only civic arms worldwide showing a dogsledge.

The arms as seen in Ilulissat:

Before the municpality was split, it was by far the largest municipality in the world. Larger as Texas or any European country.

Literature :

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