Avanersuaq

	AVANERSUAQ (QANAAQ, THULE) Country: Denmark Country: Greenland Incorporated into: 2009 Qaasuitsup 2018 Avannaata 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":77.46829999999999927240423858165740966796875,"lon":-69.2325000000000017053025658242404460906982421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1977.

This was one of the world's largest and also most Northern municipality, but with only 250 inhabitants. The arms show a narwhal, a common whale species in the waters in the municipality. Being so far north (83° 40' north) there is 6 months of continuous daylight and 6 months of darkness. These two facts are symbolised in the Pole Star.

Literature: Achen, S.T.: Danmarks Kommunevåbener. Komma, København, 1982.

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