Illorpaat

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Illorpaat (many houses)
Igdlorpait
Commune Kujalleq municipality
District Nanortalics
Geographical location 60 ° 28 '3 "  N , 45 ° 21' 18"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 28 '3 "  N , 45 ° 21' 18"  W.
Illorpaat (Greenland)
Illorpaat
Residents 0
(1976)
Time zone UTC-3

Illorpaat [ iɬːɔpːaːtˢʰ ] (the old spelling Igdlorpait ) is a desolate fallen Greenlandic settlement in the district Nanortalik in the kujalleq .

location

Illorpaat is located on the northern tip of the island of Tuttutuuarsuk . The Ikerasak strait separates Illorpaat from the island of Uunartoq . Alluitsup Paa is 12 km to the west .

history

Illorpaat was founded before 1850 and was formerly a mission station of the Moravian Brethren . In 1911 Illorpaat became part of the municipality of Sydprøven.

In 1919 Illorpaat had 120 inhabitants who lived in 21 Greenlandic houses. There was also a school chapel, which was set up in the former Herrnhut missionary apartment and measured 101 m². There were sixteen hunters, four fishermen, a catechist, a reader and a midwife among the residents. The population lived mainly from seal hunting.

In 1930 the place had 133 inhabitants. In 1931, however, a new school chapel was built. In 1938 a salt factory with a fish house was built. Illorpaat was a flourishing fishing settlement. In 1950 the living space was incorporated into the Nanortalik community . In 1950 Illorpaat had only 75 inhabitants and in 1960 the same number, in 1970 there were 26 and 1975 still 4. Since then the Illorpaat has been deserted.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
  2. ^ Ole Bendixen : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Sydgrønland: Julianehaab district. Bopladser i Julianehaab district. Bopladsen Igdlorpait . In: Georg Carl Amdrup , Louis Bobé , Adolf Severin Jensen , Hans Peder Steensby (eds.): Grønland i tohundredeaaret for Hans Egedes landing (=  Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 60-61 ). tape 2 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 518 f . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 48 .