Ivittuut
Ivittuut (ē´vĬttōōt) or Ivigtut (ē´vĬgtōōt), town, SW Greenland, on the Arsuk Fjord. The world's largest known cryolite deposit was discovered there in 1806. Mined since 1864, the deposit has been recently exhausted; stockpiled cryolite has been exported since 1969. The town is now deserted.
More From encyclopedia.com
Town , Town
A civil and political subdivision of a state, which varies in size and significance according to location but is ordinarily a division of a coun… V , V, v [Called ‘vee’]. The 22nd LETTER of the Roman ALPHABET as used for English. It originated, along with F, U, W, Y, in the Phoenician consonant sym… Chichimec , Chichimec •beck, bedeck, check, cheque, Chiang Kai-shek, crosscheck, Czech, deck, dreck, exec, fleck, heck, hitech, keck, lek, neck, peck, Québec, re… Beverley , Beverley •biyearly, really, yearly •Beardsley • lawyerly • immediately •hourly • cowardly • surely • marbly •pebbly •neighbourly (US neighborly) •dri… New Towns , new towns, planned urban communities in Great Britain, developed by long-term loans from the central government and first authorized by the New Towns… Metallurgy and Mining: Terms and Concepts , mine1 / mīn/ • possessive pron. used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker: you go your way and I'll go mine some…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Ivittuut