Tasiilaq (formerly called Ammassalik or Angmagssalik) lies on the Tasiilaq or King Oscar’s fjord. Tasiilaq is the 7th largest town in Greenland with 2000 residents and it is the biggest town in east Greenland. There has been a permanent settlement here since 1894. Tasiilaq lies just south, about 65 miles, of the Arctic Circle.

The harbor in Tasiilaq is only open about three to four months a year. The harbor gets mostly free of ice about mid-June. Then it fills back up with ice between mid-September and mid-October. The ice is pack ice or new ice and is generally five to seven feet thick.

The harbor is the center of town. Hunting and fishing is done by boats and the boats are kept in the harbor.

This photo is from the opposite direction as above but of the same area of Tasiilaq. I took this when we were out in the harbor on a boat.

This is a closer up photo of the harbor. The harbor is only free of ice about three or four months and Tasiilaq must ship in and store enough goods for nine months during that time. The goods are stored in the large red warehouse at the edge of the harbor. The ships, warehouse and the goods are owned and stored by the Danish government.

This is a wider view of Tasiilaq, taken from the helicopter on our flight into town from Kulusuk. You can see the lake at the end of our Valley of Flowers hike on the left side of the photo about mid-way.

This is a photo of a map with Tasiilaq on the lower left. Here it has the older name of Angmagssalik. You can also see its protected fjord and harbor, one big reason for the town here.