Papikatsuk

Papikatsuk (dog with a stubby tail)
	Papikatsuk
Commune	Kujalleq municipality
District	Nanortalics
Geographical location	60 ° 4 ′ 53 ″ N , 45 ° 4 ′ 40 ″ W Coordinates: 60 ° 4 ′ 53 ″ N , 45 ° 4 ′ 40 ″ W
Residents	0 ; (1953)
founding	1941
Time zone	UTC-3

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

location

Papikatsuk is as Itilliatsiaq on a small flat peninsula between the Tasermiut Kangerluat and the bay Ilunngua . Eleven kilometers to the northwest is Nanortalik, the next inhabited place.

history

Papikatsuk was an entertaining place to live that was settled in 1941. Then around 25 people lived in the village, with a record 40 before it was given up again in 1952. Sheep were kept in Papikatsuk.

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. 52 f .

[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. 52 f .