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Kangilinnguit



Kangilinnguit, (Danish: Grønnedal, old spelling Kangilínguit) is a settlement and a naval base in southwest Greenland, founded as 'Green Valley' by the American Navy during the Second World War to protect the highly strategic cryolite quarry at the former town of Ivittuut.



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