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Line 36: }} '''[[Kulusuk]]''' (old spelling: ''Qulusuk''<ref name="east">Eastgreenland.com. "[http://eastgreenland.com/database.asp?lang=eng&num=208 Kulusuk]".</ref>), formerly '''Kap Dan''', is a settlement in the [[Sermersooq]] [[municipalities of Greenland\|municipality]] in southeastern [[Greenland]], located on an [[Kulusuk Island\|island of the same name]]. The settlement population of 267<ref name="localpop"/> is quite uncommon for an [[Inuit]] settlement in Greenland with many [[Danes]] choosing to live there due to the airport. In [[Kalaallisut language\|Kalaallisut]], the name of the village means "Chest of a [[black guillemot\|Black Guillemot]]".<ref name="east"/> == Geography == Line 42: === Kulusuk Island === {{main article\|Kulusuk Island}} The island is small, {{convert\|8\|km\|mi\|1\|abbr=on}} from north to south and {{convert\|11\|km\|mi\|1\|abbr=on}} from west to east. It is hilly throughout, with several distinct mountains dominating the eastern and southern coast. The southernmost point is Cape Naujaangivit, formerly Cape Dan ({{lang-da\|Kap Dan}},<ref name="lp">{{cite book\|last=O'Carroll\|first=Etain\|title=Greenland and the Arctic\|publisher=Lonely Planet\|pages=204–206\|year=2005\|isbn=1-74059-095-3}}</ref> a name previously extended to the settlement and island) under the Isikajia mountain. === Qalorujoorneq=== {{main article\|Qalorujoorneq}} The highest point on the island is the summit of [[Qalorujoorneq]], at {{convert\|676\|m\|ft\|1\|abbr=on}}<ref name="lp"/> topping a wide mountain massif in the southeast, directly above the airport. Line 69: == Language == {{Main article\|Tunumiit language}} Due to its relative and longstanding isolation, the dialect of Greenlandic spoken in Kulusuk, ''Tunumiit oraasiat'', is sundered from that of its relatives of the western coast. Amongst Greenlandic dialects, it is considered the most innovative.

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