Inussugaarsuk

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Inussugaarsuk (small haystack)
Inugsugârssuk
Commune Avannaata Communia
District Upernavik
Geographical location 72 ° 47 '40 "  N , 55 ° 24' 55"  W Coordinates: 72 ° 47 '40 "  N , 55 ° 24' 55"  W.
Inussugaarsuk (Greenland)
Inussugaarsuk
Residents 0
Time zone UTC-3

Inussugaarsuk [ iˌnusːuˈɣɑːsːuk ] (according to the old spelling Inugsugârssuk ) is a desolate, fallen Greenlandic settlement in the Upernavik district in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Inussugaarsuk is located at the end of a very narrow headland in the north of the island of Nutaarmiut , not to be confused with Nutaarmiut in the same district . In the area around Inussugaarsuk south of the Ikeq (Upernavik Isfjord) is the part of the Upernavik archipelago that is most densely covered with islands. Aappilattoq is located about twelve kilometers north-northwest on the island adjoining to the north . Upernavik is 24 km to the west.

history

Nothing is known about Inussugaarsuk. It can only be concluded that the residential area already existed in 1887 and was then given up between 1901 and 1918. There are no descriptions of the location.

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. 186 .