Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea World Heritage Site

Official name

Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea | UNESCO

Country

Denmark | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

67.6390° Lat, -51.4332° Lon | Map

Code

1557

Time Zone

Europe/Copenhagen (CET, +0100)

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Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2018. Located inside the Arctic Circle in the central part of West Greenland, the property contains the remains of 4,200 years of human history. It is a cultural landscape which bears witness to its creators’ hunting of land and sea animals, seasonal migrations and a rich and well-preserved tangible and intangible cultural heritage linked to climate, navigation and medicine. The features of the property include large winter houses and evidence of caribou hunting, as well as archaeological sites from Paleo-Inuit and Inuit cultures. The cultural landscape includes seven key localities, from Nipisat in the west to Aasivissuit, near the ice cap in the east. It bears testimony to the resilience of the human cultures of the region and their traditions of seasonal migration.