Illorsuatsiaat

Illorsuatsiaat (fairly large houses)
Igdlorssuatsiait
Commune	Kujalleq municipality
District	Nanortalics
Geographical location	59 ° 52 '45 "  N , 44 ° 12' 50"  W Coordinates: 59 ° 52 '45 "  N , 44 ° 12' 50"  W.
Residents	0 (1918)
founding	1898
Time zone	UTC-3

Illorsuatsiaat [ iˌɬːɔsːuat͡siˈaːtˢʰ ] (according to the old spelling Igdlorssuatsiait ; also Illorsuatsiaq ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the Nanortalik district in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Illorsuatsiaat was the southernmost residential area in Greenland and was located at Cape Ipiutaq on the southeast side of the island Toornaarsuk . The closest inhabited settlements are Narsarmijit 29 km northwest and Aappilattoq 30 km north.

history

Illorsuatsiaat was settled in 1898. The residential space was given up again in 1917.

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. 58 .