Illorsuit (Ilulissat)

Illorsuit (big houses)
Igdlorssuit
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Ilulissat
Geographical location	69 ° 58 '52 "  N , 51 ° 12' 11"  W Coordinates: 69 ° 58 '52 "  N , 51 ° 12' 11"  W.
Residents	0 (1917)
founding	1907
Time zone	UTC-3

Illorsuit [ ˌiɬːɔsːuitˢʰ ] (the old spelling Igdlorssuit ) is a desolate fallen Greenlandic settlement in the district Ilulissat in Avannaata Come Unia .

location

Illorsuit is located on a peninsula between the Torsukattak and Qeqertap Ilua . Qeqertaq is a good four kilometers northwest.

history

Illorsuit was first mentioned in 1793 when a house with 22 unbaptized Greenlanders was found there. According to the place name, however, several "large houses" must have been in the place beforehand. In 1795 Illorsuit was abandoned. Subsequently, the place was uninhabited for over 100 years.

Illorsuit was not repopulated until 1907 and was part of the municipality of Qeqertaq from 1911 onwards. In 1915 there were 14 residents who lived in two houses. Among them were only a hunter and a fisherman. Just one year later, the residential space was given up again.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ^ Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Ritenbenk District. De enkelte Bopladser i Ritenbenk district. Bopladsen Igdlorssuit . 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 1 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 261 ( digitized version in the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 145 .