Kangerlussuaq (Qaanaaq)

Kangerlussuaq (great fjord)
Kangerdlugssuaĸ
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Qaanaaq
Geographical location	77 ° 22 '22 "  N , 67 ° 5' 43"  W Coordinates: 77 ° 22 '22 "  N , 67 ° 5' 43"  W
Residents	0
Time zone	UTC-3

Kangerlussuaq [ kaˌŋɜˈɬːusːuɑq ] (according to the old spelling Kangerdlugssuaĸ ; Inuktun Kangertugguaq [ kaˌŋɜχˈɾuçːuɑ (q) ]) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Qaanaaq in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Kangerlussuaq is located on the south coast of the fjord of the same name (Inglefield Bredning) opposite the small island of Qimmiuneqarfik . 17 km to the northeast is the nearest inhabited place Qeqertat .

history

Kangerlussuaq belongs to the Oqqorliit residential group , within which the Inughuit used to roam as nomads. In 1951 there were still thirteen residents living on the site. A year later there were only four and another year later only two. In 1960 the place no longer had any residents. Presumably it was given up shortly after 1953.

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. 204 ff .