Qaarusuk

Qaarusuk (rock cave)
K'ârusuk
Commune	Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
District	Nuuk
Geographical location	64 ° 22 '2 "  N , 51 ° 22' 33"  W Coordinates: 64 ° 22 '2 "  N , 51 ° 22' 33"  W
Residents	0 (1930)
Time zone	UTC-3

Qaarusuk [ qɑːʁusuk ] (the old spelling K'ârusuk ) is a desolate fallen Greenlandic settlement in the district Nuuk in Sermersooq .

location

Qaarusuk is located on the south coast of the island of Qoornup Qeqertarsua (Bjørneøen). Before Qaarusuk runs the Qaarusuup Imaa , which connects the Nuup Kangerlua with the Qoornup Sullua and separates Qoornup Qeqertarsua from Sermitsiaq (Sadelø). The closest location is Nuuk 27 km southwest.

history

Qaarusuk was first mentioned in 1777. From 1911 Qaarusuk belonged to the Godthaab community. In 1918, twelve people lived in a single house on the residential area, including six hunters and a fisherman who made their living from hunting beluga, seals and foxes and fishing in winter. The population probably increased somewhat in the 1920s, but in 1929 Qaarusuk was abandoned.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ↑ Ole Bendixen : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Sydgrønland: Godthaab district. Bopladser i Godthaab district. Bopladsen Kârusuk . 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. 251 f . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 74 f .