Ivittuut

Ivittuut (formerly, Ivigtût) (Kalaallisut: "Grassy Place") is an abandoned mining town near Cape Desolation in southwestern Greenland, in the modern Sermersooq municipality on the ruins of the former Norse Middle Settlement.

This article is about the mining town. For the former U.S. Army post and Naval base, see Bluie West Seven. For the former Royal Danish Navy base, see Gronnedal.
Ivittuut
The cryolite mine in Ivittuut in 1940
Ivittuut
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 61°12′30″N 48°10′10″W
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
Municipality Sermersooq
Abandoned1980s
Time zoneUTC-03

Ivittuut is one of the few places in the world so far discovered to have naturally occurring cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium aluminum fluoride), an important agent in modern aluminum extraction.

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