Qarajaq

Qarajaq (bay surrounded by mountains)
K'arajaĸ
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Uummannaq
Geographical location	70 ° 26 '10 "  N , 50 ° 45' 46"  W Coordinates: 70 ° 26 '10 "  N , 50 ° 45' 46"  W.
Residents	0 (1922)
Time zone	UTC-3

Qarajaq [ qɑʁaˈjɑq ] (according to the old spelling K'arajaĸ ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Uummannaq in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Qarajaq is located on the west bank of Qarassap Ikera, relatively at the end of Uummannap Kangerlua . The closest location is Ikerasak , which is located 21 km west-northwest. Qarajaq was the southernmost place in the colonial district.

history

Qarajaq was settled around 1865 by a resident from Ikerasak. In 1911 Qarajaq became part of the municipality of Ikerasak. In 1915 the place had 34 inhabitants who lived in five houses. There were nine hunters, a fisherman and a catechist. In 1921 Qarajaq was given up.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ^ Alfred Bertelsen : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Ũmánaĸ district. De grandson Bopladser. Karajaĸ . 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 1 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 413 ( digitized version in the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 175 .