Kangikajik

Kangikajik
	Cape Brewster Kangikajik
Commune	Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
District	Ittoqqortoormiit
Geographical location	70 ° 7 '50 " N , 22 ° 14' 50" W Coordinates: 70 ° 7 '50 " N , 22 ° 14' 50" W.
Residents	0 ; (1957)
founding	1944
Time zone	UTC-1

Kangikajik [ kaˈŋikai (k) ] (according to the old spelling Kangikajik ) is a deserted, fallen Greenlandic settlement in the district of Ittoqqortoormiit in the communeqarfik Sermersooq .

location

Kangikajik is the only settlement in the district that is not north of Kangertittivaq , but south of it. Kangikajik is located directly on a large river delta near the cape that forms the south bank of the mouth of the Kangertittivaq. Ittoqqortoormiit is on the other side of the fjord 41 km north.

history

Kangikajik was settled in 1944. In 1951 seven of the residents were educated children. As early as 1956, the 23 residents resident at the time left the place and gave it up.

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. 221 .

[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 .