Qeqertaq (Maniitsoq)

Qeqertaq (island)
	Qeqertarmiut (islanders) ; K'eĸertaĸ
Commune	Qeqqata communia
District	Maniitsoq
Geographical location	65 ° 33 '18 " N , 52 ° 54' 5" W Coordinates: 65 ° 33 '18 " N , 52 ° 54' 5" W.
Residents	0 ; (1928)
founding	1917
Time zone	UTC-3

Qeqertaq [ qɜˈqɜtːɑq ] (from the old spelling K'eĸertaĸ ; also Qeqertarmiut ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the Maniitsoq district in Qeqqata Kommunia .

location

Qeqertaq is located on a small island of the same name directly southeast of the island of Sermersuut (Hamborgerland) on the Ammaqqoq strait . Maniitsoq is 15 km south .

history

Qeqertaq was founded in 1917 by people who had moved from Maniitsoq. The living space belonged to the municipality of Sukkertoppen. In 1918 there were 13 residents in a single house. Among them were two hunters and a fisherman. They made their living from seal and bird hunting in winter and from catching salmon and reindeer in summer. In 1927 the living space was given up again.

Individual evidence

↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
↑ Ole Bendixen : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Sydgrønland: Sukkertoppen District. Bopladser i Sukkertoppen district. Bopladsen Keĸertaĸ . 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. 157 ( digitized version in the Internet Archive ).
↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 89 .

[1] Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq

[2] Ole Bendixen : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Sydgrønland: Sukkertoppen District. Bopladser i Sukkertoppen district. Bopladsen Keĸertaĸ . 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. 157 ( 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. 89 .