Upernavik Kujalleq (old spelling: Upernavik Kujatdleq), formerly Søndre Upernavik, is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Founded in 1855 as a trading station on Qeqertaq Island,[1] the settlement had 201 inhabitants in 2020.
[2] Upernavik Kujalleq is the only settlement on Qeqertaq Island, which is the second largest island of Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay.
It is located near Qugdlungut, the southernmost point of the island, and features a heliport, On weekdays, Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from Upernavik Kujalleq Heliport to Kangersuatsiaq and Upernavik.
[3] The population of Upernavik Kujalleq has remained relatively stable over the last two decades.