Oqaatsut

Oqaatsut (Danish: Hollandshuk or Rødebugt; Dutch: Roobay) is a settlement in Avannaata municipality, in western Greenland.

[3] The settlement is located on a small peninsula jutting off the mainland into west ern Disko Bay (Greenlandic: Qeqertarsuup Tunua), 14 km[4] north of Ilulissat.

Sermeq Avannarleq,[5] a glacier flowing from the Greenland ice sheet empties into the fjord approximately 22 km east of Oqaatsut.

[3][5] Further south, the highlands of Iviangernarsuit and Akinnaq due east of Ilulissat Airport[3] are split by the Uujuup Kuua river valley.

When the fish processing plant of Royal Greenland providing employment to the majority of families was closed, Oqaatsut found itself on the verge of depopulation.

Icebergs from the Ilulissat Icefjord [ 3 ] float north with the West Greenland Current towards Baffin Bay , to then return south along the coast of Baffin Island and Labrador Peninsula