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Umanak (mission)

Umanak (Kalaallisut: Uummannaq, "Heart-shaped") was a former Moravian mission in mid-western Greenland, located upfjord from Neu-Herrnhut (modern Nuuk).

It was founded in 1861 and surrendered to the Lutheran Church of Denmark in 1900.

See also

  • Uummannaq, the unrelated present settlement also sometimes spelt Umanak

References