Innakajik

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Innakajik
Ittoritteq Cape Stewart Ivnakajik
Commune Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
District Ittoqqortoormiit
Geographical location 70 ° 27 '43 "  N , 22 ° 36' 56"  W Coordinates: 70 ° 27 '43 "  N , 22 ° 36' 56"  W.
Innakajik (Greenland)
Innakajik
Residents 0
(1945)
founding 1925
Time zone UTC-1

Innakajik [ ˈinːakai (k) ] (according to the old spelling Ivnakajik ; also Ittoritteq ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Ittoqqortoormiit in the communeqarfik Sermersooq .

location

Innakajik is located on the west bank of the confluence of the Kangersaajiva (Hurry Inlet) in the Kangertittivaq and thus forms the southeastern tip of Jamesonland . The distance to Ittoqqortoormiit is 24 km to the east.

history

Innakajik was founded as one of the first three residential areas together with Ittoqqortoormiit in 1925. In 1930 32 people lived in Innakajik. In 1940 there were 15 and in 1944 the last four residents left the place, which was the first to be abandoned in the district.

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. 221 .