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Four people were killed and nine were injured at
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466:"Evolution of events before and after the 17 June 2017 rock avalanche at Karrat Fjord, West Greenland – a multidisciplinary approach to detecting and locating unstable rock slopes in a remote Arctic area"
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Illorsuit's abandonment, its population had dropped by 28 percent relative to the 1990 levels and by nearly 17 percent relative to the 2000 levels, reflecting a general trend in the region.
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had an initial height of 90 to 100 m (295 to 328 ft), but it was significantly lower once it hit
Nuugaatsiaq, where it had a run-up height of 9 metres (30 ft).
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Svennevig, Kristian; Dahl-Jensen, Trine; Keiding, Marie; Boncori, John Peter
Merryman; Larsen, Tine B.; Salehi, Sara; Solgaard, Anne Munck; Voss, Peter H. (December 8, 2020).
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Illorsuit was abandoned in 2018, and as of March 2023, both llorsuit and
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Korsgaard, Niels J.; Svennevig, Kristian; Søndergaard, Anne S.; Luetzenburg, Gregor; Oksman, Mimmi; Larsen, Nicolaj K. (March 13, 2023).
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928:(Kap Tobin)
788:Nuugaatsiaq
695:Greenlandic
602:October 12,
476:October 14,
290:Nuugaatsiaq
242:Nuugaatsiaq
238:megatsunami
202:Igdlorssuit
177:Postal code
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1590:Categories
1396:Lichtenau
1210:Bluie West
1172:Bluie East
1080:Brattahlíð
955:Alluitsoq
892:(Håbets Ø)
879:(Kap Hope)
864:Sermersooq
828:Qeqertalik
818:Sermermiut
803:Qilakitsoq
783:Narsaarsuk
768:Itissaalik
575:January 1,
348:References
300:Population
282:helicopter
249:earthquake
152:Population
75:53°34′00″W
72:71°14′30″N
1601:Avannaata
1543:Greenland
1500:North Ice
1451:Edelweiss
1440:Hansa Bay
1427:Wehrmacht
1417:Idlorpait
1390:(Akunnat)
973:Østprøven
963:Idlorpait
926:Uunarteq
836:Qullissat
758:Illorsuit
712:Avannaata
294:Uummannaq
266:Transport
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