Niaqornaq
| Niaqornaq (head-shaped rock) | ||
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| Niaĸornaĸ | ||
| Commune | Kujalleq municipality | |
| District | Narsaq | |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 0 ′ 11 ″ N , 46 ° 7 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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| Residents | 0 (1955) |
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| Time zone | UTC-3 | |
Niaqornaq [ niɑˈqɔnːɑq ] (according to the old spelling Niaĸornaĸ ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Narsaq in the municipality of Kujalleq .
location
Niaqornaq is located in the southeast of the Niaqornap Nunaa peninsula on the Ikersuaq (Bredefjord) and eleven kilometers north-northwest of Narsaq .
history
Niaqornaq was already inhabited in the 19th century. From 1911 Niaqornaq was part of the Narsaq municipality.
In 1919 the population was 51 people who lived in ten houses. There were nine hunters, two fishermen and an untrained catechist among the residents. The population lived mainly from seal and fox hunting.
By 1930 the population had already risen to 91 and in 1943 121 people lived in the area. The number then fell rapidly again. From 1950 Niaqornaq belonged to the new municipality of Narsaq . In 1953 59 people were still living in Niaqornaq and just a year later the last eight people left the place.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
- ↑ a b Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder and bopladser i Grønland 1901–2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 40 .
- ^ Ole Bendixen : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Sydgrønland: Julianehaab district. Bopladser i Julianehaab district. Bopladsen Niaĸornaĸ . In: Georg Carl Amdrup , Louis Bobé , Adolf Severin Jensen , Hans Peder Steensby (eds.): Grønland i tohundredeaaret for Hans Egedes landing (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 60-61 ). tape 2 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 501 ( digitized version in the Internet Archive ).