Qeqertaq (Qaanaaq)

Qeqertaq (island)
	K'eĸertaĸ
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Qaanaaq
Geographical location	76 ° 2 '27 " N , 65 ° 59' 7" W Coordinates: 76 ° 2 '27 " N , 65 ° 59' 7" W.
Residents	0;
Time zone	UTC-3

Qeqertaq [ qɜˈqɜtːɑq ] (according to the old spelling K'eĸertaĸ ; Inuktun Qikertaq [ qiˈkɜχtɑ (q) ]) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Qaanaaq in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Qeqertaq is located in the southwest of an island of the same name (Salve Ø) at the mouth of the Illaarsussuaq fjord (Sidebriksfjord). Savissivik is 23 km to the east .

history

Qeqertaq is part of the Nigerliit residential group , which was the southernmost of the four groups between whose residential areas the Inughuit used to roam. In 1951, eleven people lived in Qeqertaq. In 1952 the place had fifteen residents and in 1953 seven. In 1960 no more residents were counted.

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, [Nuuk] 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 204 ff .

[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, [Nuuk] 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 204 ff .