Qaasuitsup

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Arms (crest) of Qaasuitsup
QAASUITSUP
(JAKOBSHAVN)

Country : Denmark
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Country : Greenland
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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:

arms of Qaasuitsup

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

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