| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Ivittuut |
( ´v tt t) (KEY) or Ivigtut (´vgtt) (KEY) , 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. |
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