image by Jan Oskar Engene, 24 October 2005
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image by Jan Oskar Engene, 24 October 2005
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Qaanaaq (officially Qaanaaq Kommunea) is the only municipality
in North Greenland (in Inuit "Avanersuaq"). I draw the image by copying the
seal that I found at www.qaanaaq.gl. It
represents a white narwhale with a white four-pointed star in a
blue field. If you want to have information and see pictures of Qaanaaq area,
you can find it at www.turistqaanaaq.gl.
Fabio Facoetti, 24 July 2003
Photo of the city hall at www.turistqaanaaq.gl show only
coat of arms but no flag. Therefore, this reported flag probably don't exist
(yet?). For information about the Coat of Arms, see www.ngw.nl.
Dov Gutterman, 10 July 2004
I recently researched municipal flags in Greenland by
correspondence with municipal authorities in Greenland. The
results have just been published in the Fall 2005 issue of
Nordisk Flaggkontakt, the journal of the Nordic Flag Society [joe05].
I managed to get confirmation from 15 of 18 municipalities all
using the same flag model - the coat of arms on a white field
(the colour white carries no symbolism). Qaanaaq is one
of them. In response I was told that Qaanaaq adds the
name of the municipality in black letters below the arms in their
flag.
Jan Oskar Engene, 24 October 2005
Qaanaaq, Upenaviuq and
Uummannaq have merged to form Avannaata Kommunia.
Valentin Poposki, 8 October 2019
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image by Antonio Martins, 10 January 2006
The blazon of Thule/Qaanaaq (in NW Greenland) would be either:
Azure, a narwhale hauriant, in honour point a four-pointed star
argent.
According to discussions in rec.heraldry, narwhales are
fish, when talking heraldry. The lack of hindlegs prevent them
from being rampant and such, so it is hauriant.
Ole Andersen, 3 September 1999 and 2 January 2000
