Itilliarsuk (Upernavik)

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Itilliarsuk (small transition place)
Itivdliarssuk
Commune Avannaata Communia
District Upernavik
Geographical location 73 ° 31 ′ 7 ″  N , 56 ° 31 ′ 42 ″  W Coordinates: 73 ° 31 ′ 7 ″  N , 56 ° 31 ′ 42 ″  W
Itilliarsuk (Greenland)
Itilliarsuk
Residents 0
(1945)
Time zone UTC-3

Itilliarsuk [ iˈtˢiɬːiˌɑsːuk ] (according to the old spelling Itivdliarssuk ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Upernavik in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Itilliarsuk is located on the narrowest part of Nutaarmiut island . The eponymous town of Nutaarmiut is three kilometers east and Ikerasaarsuk is 3.5 km east-northeast .

history

Itilliarsuk was settled before 1887. There was a shop on site. Presumably at the beginning of the 20th century, the residents moved east and founded Nutaarmiut there. In 1918 Itilliarsuk was uninhabited. People moved to Itilliarsuk again during the 1920s, and ten to fifteen people lived there for the following years. In 1944 the living space was finally given up.

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. 182 .