Naajaat (Uummannaq)

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Naajaat (young seagulls)
Naujât
Commune Avannaata Communia
District Uummannaq
Geographical location 71 ° 34 '52 "  N , 53 ° 27' 23"  W Coordinates: 71 ° 34 '52 "  N , 53 ° 27' 23"  W
Naajaat (Greenland)
Naajaat
Residents 0
(1949)
founding 1940
Time zone UTC-3

Naujaat [ naːˈjaːtˢʰ ] (according to the old spelling Naujât ) is a desolate Greenlandic settlement in the district of Uummannaq in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Naajaat is located in the southwest of the island of Qeqertarsuaq ten kilometers northwest of Nuugaatsiaq , which is on the same island. The place is located in the northern part of the fjord system of the Karrat fjord .

history

Naajaat only existed briefly. It was settled in 1940 and then had between nine and fifteen residents. The residential space was given up again as early as 1948.

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. 165 .