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Ammassalik is located in the territory of Tunu (East
Greenland), on the coast of the Denmark Strait. Its municipality,
which official name is "Ammassalip Kommunia", includes
the villages of Kuummiut, Kulusuk, Tineteqilaaq, Sermiligaaq,
Isertoq, Ikatteq and Qernertuarsuit.
Fabio Facoetti, 24 July 2003
Photos at <www.ammassalik.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>.
Tasiilaq is the main town of this community.
Dov Gutterman, 10 July 2004
At <www.ngw.nl>,
it is said that the actual name of this municipality is Tasiilaq,
though better known as Ammassalik, its main village. This is
contradicted by all other information we have and link.
Antonio Martins, 15 October 2005
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). Ammassalik is
one of them.
Jan Oskar Engene, 24 October 2005
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image by Antonio Martins, 10 January 2006
I copied the blazon from the seal at <www.ammassalik.gl>: it is
a shield on a white field, with a white superior part and blue
inferior part. In the shield there are three fish, white and
blue, placed vertically.
Fabio Facoetti, 24 July 2003
The arms are per fess argent and azure three capelin fish
hauriant counterchanged. Azure is, as usual in Greenland flags,
depicted as very light blue.
Aachen's 1982 book [ach82], as
quoted in <www.ngw.nl>,
says that the arms were granted and 1972 and that
"ammassalik" means "capelin", the depicted
fish, which make the arms canting
Antonio Martins, 22 October 2004 and 15 October 2005