Akulleq

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Akulleq (the middle one)
Akugdleĸ
Commune Qeqqata communia
District Sisimiut
Geographical location 66 ° 53 '18 "  N , 52 ° 23' 31"  W Coordinates: 66 ° 53 '18 "  N , 52 ° 23' 31"  W.
Akulleq (Greenland)
Akulleq
Residents 0
Time zone UTC-3

Akulleq [ aˈkuɬːɜq ] (according to the old spelling Akugdleĸ ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Sisimiut in Qeqqata Kommunia .

location

Akulleq is located on the south coast of the fjord of the same name , which forms the middle of the three fjord arms of the Ikertooq . The closest place is Sarfannguit 20 km to the west.

history

Akulleq consisted of just a single house in 1918, housing 16 people. Akulleq was close to the four-kilometers southwest lying Saqqarliit linked and there was no other infrastructure in place. It is unknown when Akulleq was abandoned, but Saqqarliit was abandoned in 1961.

Individual evidence

  1. Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
  2. Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 98 .