Savissivik
Sign in to saveSavissivik (West Greenlandic; old spelling: Savigsivik) or Havighivik (Inuktun) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland. Located on Meteorite Island, off the northern shores of Melville Bay, the settlement had 55 inhabitants in 2020.
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- Locality
- Savissivik
- Region
- Avannaata
- Country
- Kalaallit Nunaat
- Population
- 55
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Savissivik
- Settlement.other_name
- Havighivik
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Avannaata
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 47
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- Western Greenland Summer Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1_DST
- −01:00
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 3970 Pituffik
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Savissivik (West Greenlandic; old spelling: Savigsivik) or Havighivik (Inuktun) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland. Located on Meteorite Island, off the northern shores of Melville Bay, the settlement had 55 inhabitants in 2020.
== History == In the Greenlandic language, the name Savissivik means "Place of Meteoric Iron" or "Knives", alluding to the numerous meteorite fragments that have been found in the area dating to about 10,000 years ago. The Cape York meteorite is estimated to have weighed 100 tonnes before it exploded. The iron from the meteorite is believed to have attracted migrating Inuit from Arctic Canada.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Savissivik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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