Nunarsuaq

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Nunarsuaq (big land)
Nunarssuaĸ
Commune Kujalleq municipality
District Nanortalics
Geographical location 59 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  N , 44 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 59 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  N , 44 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  W
Nunarsuaq (Greenland)
Nunarsuaq
Residents 0
Time zone UTC-3

Nunarsuaq [ nuˈnɑsːuɑq ] (according to the old spelling Nunarssuaĸ ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the Nanortalik district in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Nunarsuaq is located on the island of the same name , although the exact position is unknown. Directly north of the island is the peninsula with Narsarmijit on the west coast .

history

Nunarsuaq was a residential area in the 19th century. Among other things, a settlement between 1837 and 1853 is documented. In 1869 an apartment was built there for the trade administrator and in 1888 a bacon house with a shop. The place, however, was abandoned in 1900 and was only as a summer place for hunting hooded by the people of Pamialluk used.

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. 54 .