Narsarsuaq means "The Great Plain". Narsarsuaq was a US Air Force base and army hospital until well past the Second World War, when it was finally handed over to Denmark.
Today Narsarsuaq (airport code: UAK) is one of the two international airports on Greenland - the other one is Kangerlussuaq/Søndre Strømfjord (airport code: SFJ) further North.
Qoroq Fiord is South of Narsarsuaq and occasionally sends smaller icebergs from the Qoroq Glacier up towards the end of the airport runway.
This statue of Leif Eriksson is located across the water from Narsarsuaq, next to the excavations of the first viking settlement in Greenland. Leif Eriksson led the viking expedition to Greenland and found a decent spot across the bay from Narsarsuaq.
This is how the viking settlement looks today - it's between the four houses in front and the red house up the road. One third in from the right at the middle of the picture you can spot the tiny reconstructed church with its wooden belltower just left of it, and behind the church you can see reconstructed main house, which had some 50 inhabitants. Privacy was not common then.





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26/10 – Chiloè is the second largest island in South America
20/10 – The White Desert (Sahara) is a unique geological phenomenon
16/10 – Gargano Peninsula, Puglia's Best Beach (Italy)
15/10 – Narsarsuaq menas “Th e Great Plain” (Greenland)
28/09 – El Quebrachal, un àarea destinada a preservar los montes de quebracho colorado.
15/10 – Eqi Glacier (Greenland)
14/10 – Rafal Rubi, Minorca (Spain)
13/10 – Talatì de Dalt, Minorca (Spain)
11/10 – Timanfaya National Park (Spain), Biospherical Reserve
30/08 – Mount Everest (Himalaya), the highest mountin on Earth
30/08 – Nahual Huapi (Argentina) is a glacial lake located along the eastern slope of Shoutern Andean Range
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12/10 – Imàgenes de Italia: Abadìa de Santa Marìa del Monte en Cesena (Emilia Romaña)
12/10 – Imàgenes de Italia: Bahìa Verde en Ospedaletti (Liguria).
06/10 – Imàgenes de Italia: Parque Nacional del Gargano (Italia).
06/10 – Imàgenes de Italia: Parque Nacional Gran Paraìso, el màs antiguo y conocido de los parques nacionales italianos.
06/10 – Imàgenes de Italia: Isla de Pianosa, conocida como Planasia durante la era romana.
06/10 – Imàgenes de Italia: Isla de Capraia, famosa por sus anchoa
28/09 - Laguna de Llancanelo , inmenso cuerpo de agua salada que se encuentra en el extremo sur de la Depresión de los Huarpes.
28/09 – El Quebrachal, un àarea destinada a preservar los montes de quebracho colorado.
28/09 – Cuesta de Miranda, atractivo turìstico de la provincia de La Rioja.
26/09 – Salinas Grandes, un salar ubicado en la regiòn pampeana
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