[KN] Greenland roads - Page 4

Satyricon84 · November 2nd, 2011, 04:25 PM

Road signs in Greenland

Verso · November 2nd, 2011, 04:39 PM

I wonder which code Greenland really uses in ovals. In Wikipedia it says the unofficial code is KN (like in this thread's title). On license plates they have GR (which is otherwise Greece), but don't they actually use DK, since they use ordinary Danish plates?

Satyricon84 · November 2nd, 2011, 04:54 PM

Well, they don't use properly danish plates. The form is danish, but while danish don't have area code, Greenland has it (GR). KN is unofficial because doesn't appear in the UN list of distinguishing codes (But even CN - China is unofficial) as happen for all not independent countries. Probably, KN will be add in UN list when Greenland will get the total independence from Denmark

Verso · November 2nd, 2011, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Satyricon84

Well, they don't use properly danish plates. The form is danish, but while danish don't have area code

Oh, I never realized that letters don't mean anything.

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Originally Posted by Satyricon84

KN is unofficial because doesn't appear in the UN list of distinguishing codes (But even CN - China is unofficial) as happen for all not independent countries.

GBZ is the official code of Gibraltar, GBJ of Jersey etc.

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Originally Posted by Satyricon84

Probably, KN will be add in UN list when Greenland will get the total independence from Denmark

It probably won't happen.

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In 1979 Denmark granted home rule to Greenland, and in 2008 Greenland voted to transfer more power from the Danish royal government to the local Greenlandic government. This became effective the following year, with the Danish royal government in charge of foreign affairs, security (defence-police-justice), and financial policy, and providing a subsidy of DKK 3.4 billion, or approximately $11,300 per Greenlander, annually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland

Satyricon84 · November 2nd, 2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Verso

GBZ is the official code of Gibraltar, GBJ of Jersey etc.

And SCO, CYM, ENG they aren't, so I really don't know why some yes and some no

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Originally Posted by Verso

It probably won't happen

Who knows in a far future... things can always change ;-)

Satyricon84 · November 2nd, 2011, 05:39 PM

Ikateq WW2 USAF base

Runaway

Hangar

Verso · November 2nd, 2011, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Satyricon84

Who knows in a far future... things can always change ;-)

Yes, when Danes stop subsidizing them.

Your last pics aren't visible, btw.

Satyricon84 · November 2nd, 2011, 06:07 PM

Now yes

mcarling · November 2nd, 2011, 06:15 PM

All that iron is returning to nature rather slowly. I guess the natural effects of corrosion only work during the summer thaw. It looks like it might take another 100 years just for the drums to disintegrate and even more time for the heavier items.

mcarling · November 2nd, 2011, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DanielFigFoz

I think that ethic Danes are less likely to speak local languages and locals more likely to speak Danish, so it might make more scene.

I might be wrong though

Another consideration is that international persons can often guess the meaning of Danish words, but not Greenlandic words.

Satyricon84 · November 2nd, 2011, 06:26 PM

The positive thing, is that's a famous tourist attraction (together with the ghost village of Ikateq) and a source for the economy of the villages of Tasillaq and Kuummiut in the eastern coast of Greenland

Satyricon84 · November 2nd, 2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mcarling

Another consideration is that international persons can often guess the meaning of Danish words, but not Greenlandic words.

In the end of the '80s on italian television there was a popular spot in Greenlandic language (even if it was shooted on the Baffin Island, Canada, the language is almost the same). It had a great success this spot

Satyricon84 · November 6th, 2011, 03:53 PM

Tasiilaq (Ammassalik)

It is a town in southeastern Greenland located approximately 106 km south of the Arctic Circle. With 1,900 inhabitants it is the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Greenland. Air Greenland operates helicopter services from Tasiilaq Heliport to neighboring Kulusuk Airport, which offers connections to Nuuk, Ittoqqortoormiit via Nerlerit Inaat Airport, and to Iceland

Nikolaj · November 7th, 2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Satyricon84

And SCO, CYM, ENG they aren't, so I really don't know why some yes and some no

Who knows in a far future... things can always change ;-)

The discussion about a Greenlandic nationale car code is rather theoretical. Nobody will ever consider to bring their Greenlandic registered car to mainland Europe or America, as there is no car ferry.

By the, as others have mentioned, a territiry does not have to be independent to have its own national code. The status of The Faroe Islands within the Danish Kongdom is similar to the status of Greenland, and the Faroes have its own national code FO. But from the Faroes you have a car ferry acouple of times a week to Hirtshals in Denmark, and in Denmark Faroese cars are seen regularly.

Satyricon84 · November 7th, 2011, 01:23 PM

Kangerlussuaq - Here you can see one of the few bridges in the whole Greenland, over Qinnguata Kuussua river

Satyricon84 · November 7th, 2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikolaj

Nobody will ever consider to bring their Greenlandic registered car to mainland Europe or America, as there is no car ferry.

Who said this? Why a greenlander can't bring his car to mainland if he wants? You don't need a ferry to bring you car to mainland somewhere. Exist the containers... Iceland neither has a ferry service to mainland, but icelandic cars you can spot even here in Italy. If in Europe you can spot american and canadian cars, I really don't see why a greenlander can't bring his car too.......

***ChrisZwolle*** · November 7th, 2011, 01:43 PM

There is a ferry from Iceland to Denmark.

Satyricon84 · November 7th, 2011, 01:51 PM

I didn't know it

Satyricon84 · November 7th, 2011, 02:41 PM

Sisimiut

Satyricon84 · November 7th, 2011, 02:49 PM

Sisimiut bridge

Built: 1995 - 1998
Geographic Coordinates: 66° 56' 36" North, 53° 40' 10" West
Structural Type: Girder bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Design: COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS
Girder: steel
Piles: concrete-filled steel tubes
Deck slab: reinforced concrete
Pier: precast reinforced concrete
Total length: 155 m
Span lengths: 2 x 77.5 m

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November 2nd, 2011, 04:25 PM	#61
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	Road signs in Greenland

November 2nd, 2011, 04:54 PM	#63
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	Well, they don't use properly danish plates. The form is danish, but while danish don't have area code, Greenland has it (GR). KN is unofficial because doesn't appear in the UN list of distinguishing codes (But even CN - China is unofficial) as happen for all not independent countries. Probably, KN will be add in UN list when Greenland will get the total independence from Denmark

November 2nd, 2011, 06:07 PM	#68
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	Now yes

November 2nd, 2011, 06:15 PM	#69
mcarling Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,261 Likes (Received): 24	All that iron is returning to nature rather slowly. I guess the natural effects of corrosion only work during the summer thaw. It looks like it might take another 100 years just for the drums to disintegrate and even more time for the heavier items.

November 2nd, 2011, 06:26 PM	#71
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	The positive thing, is that's a famous tourist attraction (together with the ghost village of Ikateq) and a source for the economy of the villages of Tasillaq and Kuummiut in the eastern coast of Greenland

November 6th, 2011, 03:53 PM	#73
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	Tasiilaq (Ammassalik) It is a town in southeastern Greenland located approximately 106 km south of the Arctic Circle. With 1,900 inhabitants it is the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Greenland. Air Greenland operates helicopter services from Tasiilaq Heliport to neighboring Kulusuk Airport, which offers connections to Nuuk, Ittoqqortoormiit via Nerlerit Inaat Airport, and to Iceland

November 7th, 2011, 01:23 PM	#75
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	Kangerlussuaq - Here you can see one of the few bridges in the whole Greenland, over Qinnguata Kuussua river

November 7th, 2011, 01:51 PM	#78
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	I didn't know it

November 7th, 2011, 02:41 PM	#79
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	Sisimiut

November 7th, 2011, 02:49 PM	#80
Satyricon84 Ice Road Metaller Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monza Posts: 2,714 Likes (Received): 43	Sisimiut bridge Built: 1995 - 1998 Geographic Coordinates: 66° 56' 36" North, 53° 40' 10" West Structural Type: Girder bridge Function / usage: Road bridge Design: COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS Girder: steel Piles: concrete-filled steel tubes Deck slab: reinforced concrete Pier: precast reinforced concrete Total length: 155 m Span lengths: 2 x 77.5 m