Ikkatteq

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Ikkatteq (shallow water)
Íkáteĸ
Commune Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
District Ammassalik
Geographical location 65 ° 38 '10 "  N , 37 ° 56' 47"  W Coordinates: 65 ° 38 '10 "  N , 37 ° 56' 47"  W.
Ikkatteq (Greenland)
Ikkatteq
Residents 0
Time zone UTC-3

Ikkatteq [ iˌkːatːɜ (q) ] ( Kitaamiusut Ikkattoq ; according to the old spelling Íkáteĸ or Íkátoĸ ) is a waste fallen Greenland settlement in the district Ammassalik in the Sermersooq .

location

Ikkatteq is located on an island to the east of the entrance to the Sermilik fjord . Directly to the east is the larger island of Immikkeerteq , which separates Ikkatteq from the much larger Ammassalik Ø . It is 14 km to the east to Tasiilaq .

history

Ikkatteq should not be confused with the settlement of the same name from the 1950s on the site of the abandoned US air force base Bluie East-2, 67 km to the northeast . A permanent settlement was found in Ikkatteq before the 1920s. In 1930 25 people lived in Ikkatteq. In 1937 a school chapel was built on the residential area. In 1940 56 people lived in Ikkatteq and in 1958 there were 80. Ikkatteq was officially not an Udsted , but it was still operated by the KGH trade in town. The population fell sharply during the 1960s and in 1970 only 40 people lived in the village.

Sons and daughters

Population development

The population of Ikkatteq skyrocketed to around 40 before the number fell sharply from 1990 onwards. After only a handful of people lived in the village from 1997, Ikkatteq has been completely abandoned since 2006.

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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. 215 .
  3. ↑ Population of Ikkatteq 1977–2018 at bank.stat.gl