The Davis Strait - DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi

Figure 1.1.1. The assessment
area, existing licence blocks
(issued 2002/2005) and the surrounding
areas in Southwest
Greenland, including main cities
and important shallow-water shelf
banks.
66°N
63°N
60°W
60°W
Existing license blocks
Assessment area
0 75 150 Km
60°N
Lady Franklin
1.1 Coverage of the SEIA
Store
Atammik
Hellefiskebanke
The offshore waters and coastal areas between 62° to 67° N in eastern Davis
Strait (approximately from Paamiut to Sisimiut, Fig. 1.1.1) are in focus, as
this is the region which potentially can be most affected by oil activities, particularly
from accidental oil spills. This focus area will be referred to as the
‘assessment area’. An SEIA has been produced for the area north of 67° N
(Mosbech et al. 2007) and another one is being prepared for the area south of
62° N (South Greenland).
The present assessment area extends over waters of two municipalities:
Sermersooq and Qeqqata. Four main cities are located within the area, Sisimiut,
Maanitsoq, Nuuk and Paamiut, counting roughly 5,500, 2,800, 15,500
and 1,900 people, respectively. In addition, seven settlements are found between
62° to 67° N (from north to south: Sarfanngiut, Kangerlussuag, Kangaamiut,
Napasoq, Atammik, Kapisillit and Qeqertarsuatsiaat), with altogether
approx. 1,600 inhabitants (Greenland Statistics 2010, www.stat.gl).
54°W
54°W
Sisimiut
Lille
Hellefiskebanke
Maanitsoq
Fyllas banke
Søndre strømfjord
Sukkertoppen
Nuuk
Danas Banke
Paamiut
48°W
66°N
63°N
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