Pituffik

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Pituffik is a settlement in northwestern Greenland best known for hosting the U.S. military installation formerly known as Thule Air Base.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pituffik canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
climate Arctic climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Greenland ⓘ
hasAssociatedFacility Thule Air Base ⓘ
U.S. Space Force base at Thule ⓘ
hasFormerName Dundas ⓘ
hasLanguage Danish ⓘ
English ⓘ
Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
hasNameInDanish Pituffik ⓘ
hasNameInGreenlandic Pituffik ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic primarily military-related personnel ⓘ
very small population ⓘ
hosted Thule Air Base ⓘ
U.S. military installation ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Greenland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Avannaata ⓘ
linked to: Avannaata (partly)
locatedInRegion Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region
locatedNear Baffin Bay ⓘ
Thule Air Base ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle ⓘ
locatedOn Greenland ⓘ
nearbySettlement Qaanaaq ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark
strategicImportance Arctic military operations ⓘ
early warning systems ⓘ
timezone UTC-04:00 ⓘ
usedFor air base support ⓘ
military purposes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pituffik → hasNameInDanish → Pituffik ⓘ