Place:Ivittuut, Kitaa, Greenland

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NameIvittuut
Alt namesIvigtutsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Ivigtûtsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown
Coordinates61.2°N 48.167°W
Located inKitaa, Greenland
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Ivittuut (formerly, Ivigtût) (Kalaallisut: "Grassy Place") is an abandoned mining town near Cape Desolation in southwestern Greenland, in the modern Sermersooq municipality on the ruins of the former Norse Middle Settlement.

Ivittuut is one of the few places in the world so far discovered to have naturally occurring cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium aluminum fluoride), an important agent in modern aluminum extraction.

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