Kiinaalik

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Kiinaalik (the one with the black face of
a harp seal)
Kînâlik
Commune Kujalleq municipality
District Nanortalics
Geographical location 60 ° 34 '7 "  N , 45 ° 43' 48"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 34 '7 "  N , 45 ° 43' 48"  W.
Kiinaalik (Greenland)
Kiinaalik
Residents 0
(1916)
Time zone UTC-3

Kiinaalik [ kiːˈnaːlik ] (according to the old spelling Kînâlik ) is a desolate Greenlandic settlement in the Nanortalik district in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Kiinaalik was the most north-westerly place of today's district and is located on the southwest coast of a peninsula in the sea area of Qaarsup Kangia . The closest places are Eqalugaarsuit 11 km northwest, Alluitsup Paa 15 km south-southeast and Saarloq 16 km west-southwest.

history

Kiinaalik was settled around 1800. In 1915 the population moved to Nuugaarsuk on the other side of the peninsula and Kiinaalik was abandoned.

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. 43 f .