Ivittuut Hot Springs
- Location
- Ivittuut, South Greenland, Greenland
- Water type
- thermal
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Ivittuut Hot Springs near the former cryolite mining settlement of Ivittuut in southern Greenland are geothermal springs in a subarctic fjord environment, associated with the unique geological zone where the ancient Ivittuut cryolite deposit — the world's only known large cryolite mineral deposit, mined continuously from 1854 to 1987 — was formed by the intrusion of volcanic fluids into the surrounding gneiss. The springs' geothermal character reflects this unusual geology, and the abandoned mining settlement adds a melancholic industrial heritage dimension to the remote fjord setting. Southern Greenland's climate, milder than the rest of the island due to the influence of the North Atlantic, creates a landscape of sheep farms, Norse archaeological sites, and fjords accessible during the navigation season that provides a uniquely Greenlandic context for thermal spring exploration.