Arctic Midnight Orienteering

Orienteering competition in Ilulissat, Greenland

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Arctic Midnight Orienteering

Date| Primo July[1]
Location| Ilulissat
Event type| Fell running
Distance| Orienteering
Primary sponsor| Profil Optik
H.A.P.s Agentur[2]
Established| 1999
Official site| IOG.gl

The Arctic Midnight Orienteering or the AMO is an annual orienteering event usually held in the last week of June at Ilulissat. The run consist of 3 – 4 races over 4 days which is; the Unofficial North Greenland championships in classic orienteering, Sprint (running) and the Extreme Race Arctic Midnight Orienteering at about (5 km or 3.1 mi), (10 km or 6.2 mi), (15 km or 9.3 mi) and (20 km or 12 mi) difficult orienteering in physically demanding terrain.

Orienteering maps of an area of (15 km2 or 5.8 sq mi) in 1:10.000 and 1:15.000, contour interval 5 m.

32° magnetic course.

Midnight sun, open scenery, ocean, bay, islands and a lot of icebergs.

Clean fresh air, 5-15 °C and a mean monthly rainfall of 30 mm.

The race is organized by Ilulissat Orienteering Greenland (IOG) and has been run every year since 1999.

## See also

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* Orienteering
* Sprint (running)
* O-Ringen
* Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon

## References

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1. ^ "Arctic Midnight Orienteering".
2. ^ "Sponsor". IOG.

## External links

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* Official website

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Ilulissat

Institutions|

* Avannaata Municipality
* Halibut Greenland
* Royal Greenland

Landmarks|

* Ilulissat Art Museum
* Ilulissat Icefjord
* Jakobshavn Glacier
* Knud Rasmussen's Museum
* The Icefjord Centre
* Zion's Church

Sport|

* Arctic Midnight Orienteering
* Arctic Palerfik
* Cecilieløbet
* Ilulissat Hallen
* Kangia Race

Transport|

* Arctic Umiaq Line
* Air Greenland
* Icelandair
* Disko Line
* Ilulissat Airport
* Port of Ilulissat
* Royal Arctic Line

Districts & Villages|

* Ilimanaq
* Rodebay
* Qeqertaq
* Saqqaq

Tourism|

* Greenland Tours
* Hotel Arctic
* Hotel Hvide Falk
* Hotel Icefiord
* Ilulissat Tourist Nature
* Ilulissat Water Taxi
* Ilulissat XPRESS
* The Glacier Shop
* World of Greenland

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