Kangaatsiaq

	KANGAATSIAQ Country: Denmark Country: Greenland Incorporated into: 2009 Qaasuitsup 2018 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 granted in 1971.

The arms show a ptarmigan, which is very common in the area and play a role in some of the local legends. In the municipality there is also a small village named Aqigsserniaq, or the ptarmigan.

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

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