Kangaarsuk (Nuuk)

Kangaarsuk (small headland)
	Kangârssuk
Commune	Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
District	Nuuk
Geographical location	62 ° 57 '29 " N , 50 ° 35' 24" W Coordinates: 62 ° 57 '29 " N , 50 ° 35' 24" W.
Residents	0;
Time zone	UTC-3

Kangaarsuk [ kaˈŋɑːsːuk ] (according to the old spelling Kangârssuk ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Nuuk in the communeqarfik Sermersooq .

location

Kangaarsuk is located on a small peninsula of the same name at the exit of the Tasiusarsuaq . 15 km to the north is the nearest town Qeqertarsuatsiaat .

history

Kangaarsuk was first mentioned in 1855 when 35 people lived there. In 1877, Hinrich Johannes Rink mentioned the place to live in connection with the fact that the most miserable population of Greenland lived there and in the vicinity, the number of which had halved in the last 30 years. The place was probably still inhabited around 1900, but abandoned a short time later.

Individual evidence

↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 83 f .

[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. 83 f .