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National Arms of Greenland Heraldic map Avannaata Aasiaat (Egedesminde) Avanersuaq (Thule) Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund) Ivittuut Kangaatsiaq Kujalleq Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) Nanortalik Narsaq Nuuk (Godthåb) Paamiut (Frederikshåb) Qaasuitsup Qaqortoq Qasigiannguit (Christianshåb) Qeqertalik Qeqertarsuaq (Godthavn) Qeqqata Sermersooq Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) Tasiilaq (Ammassalik) Upernavik Uummannaq Heraldic stamps Heraldic postcards Total pages in the Greenland section : 32

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Additions : 2009 Aasiaat, Ilulissat, Kangaatsiaq, Qanaaq, Qasigiannguit, Qeqertarsuaq, Uummannaq, Upernavik
Split 2018 into : Avannaata, Qeqertalik

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:

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