🏞️ Akilia

Greenland · Americas · 63.94°N, 51.67°W

Akilia Island is an island in southwestern Greenland, about 22 kilometers south of Nuuk. Akilia is the location of a rock formation that has been proposed to contain the oldest known sedimentary rocks on Earth, and perhaps the oldest evidence of life on Earth.

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Quick facts

Country	Greenland
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	63.94°N, 51.67°W · view on map

Akilia is located in Greenland, in Americas.

More protected areas in Greenland

Ilulissat Icefjord · Melville Bay · Northeast Greenland National Park.

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