Aasivissuit-Nipisat

Aasivissuit-Nipisat covers a corridor of west Greenland running around two hundred and thirty kilometres from the coast at Nipisat inland to Aasivissuit near the ice cap, and it was inscribed in 2018 for what it shows: four and a half thousand years of Inuit and pre-Inuit hunting, with winter houses, caribou drive systems, tent rings and hunting sites across the whole belt, used seasonally as people moved between coast and interior with the game.

What you actually see

• The caribou drives - stone systems built to funnel animals to hunters.
• The winter house remains - the turf and stone dwellings along the corridor.
• The seasonal pattern - the movement between coastal and inland sites.
• The 4,500-year record - occupation across successive cultures in one landscape.

When to go

June to September is the season for walking and boats. Snow covers the sites the rest of the year. Mosquitoes in July are severe.

Honest expectations

The sites are spread over a very large area and most are reached only on foot over several days. There is no interpretation on the ground. Mosquitoes in the interior in July are genuinely punishing.

Nearby

Sisimiut is west, and Kangerlussuaq is east.