Anoritooq
| Anoritooq (one with a lot of wind) | ||
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| Anoritôĸ | ||
| Commune | Avannaata Communia | |
| District | Qaanaaq | |
| Geographical location | 78 ° 19 ′ 48 ″ N , 72 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Residents | 0 |
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| Time zone | UTC-3 | |
| particularities | one of the northernmost natural settlements in the world until the 20th century | |
Anoritooq [ anɔˌʁiˈtɔːq ] (according to the old spelling Anoritôĸ ; Inuktun Anoritooq [ anɔˌʁiˈtɔː (q) ]; called by Cook Annoatok ), located at 78.33 ° N and 72.30 ° W, was a small Inuit village in northwest Greenland , on Smithsund , about 15 miles north of Etah on the northwest of the Hayes Peninsula . Anoritooq was abandoned as a settlement in the 20th century, until then it was one of the most northerly natural settlements in the world after Inuarfissuaq about 80 kilometers east-northeast (78.9 ° N) and Qaqaatsut another 50 km northeast at 79.2 ° N, both also in the northern Greenland region of Inglefield Land .
Frederick Cook used Annoatok as the base for his polar expedition in 1908-09, after which he claimed to have reached the North Pole . The name Anoritooq means "something with a lot of wind".