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Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a now abandoned settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010, Statistics Greenland but was abandoned after a tsunami struck in 2017.
The tsunami had an initial height of , but it was significantly lower once it hit the settlement, where it had a Wave run-up height of . Four people were killed and nine were injured at Nuugaatsiaq, and eleven buildings were washed into the water.
An evacuation of 170 residents of Nuugaatsiaq and Illorsuit followed because of a danger of additional landslides and waves. As of March 2023, both Nuugaatsiaq and lllorsuit remained abandoned due to the continuing threat of landslide-generated tsunamis.
Royal Arctic Line also served the village by ship before its evacuation. This sea link connected Nuugaatsiaq and other villages on Uummannaq Fjord to Aasiaat.
The village offered essential amenities before it was abanoned, including a shop, post office, service center, nursing station, church, community center, and a procurement center with halibut-processing facilities. The village's cemetery is positioned overlooking hunting grounds as a tribute to the deceased.
In the past, people lived mainly by Seal hunting and fishing for catfish, but fishing for halibut became more common in recent times.
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