Mernoq

Mernoq
	Mernoĸ
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Upernavik
Geographical location	73 ° 45 '12 " N , 56 ° 21' 7" W Coordinates: 73 ° 45 '12 " N , 56 ° 21' 7" W.
Residents	0;
Time zone	UTC-3

Mernoq [ ˈmɜnːɔq ] (according to the old spelling Mernoĸ ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Upernavik in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Mernoq is located in the northwest of the island of the same name . At the southern tip of the island is the abandoned settlement of Kuuk . From Mernoq it is 26 km south to Nutaarmiut .

history

Mernoq was settled between 1850 and 1887. Until 1906, the place was the northernmost North Greenland , until places further north were settled. Shortly after, but before 1918, Mernoq was abandoned. No further information is known about the place of residence.

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. 181 .

[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. 181 .