Qernertoq

Qernertoq (the black one)
K'ernertoĸ
Commune	Kujalleq municipality
District	Nanortalics
Geographical location	59 ° 54 '25 "  N , 43 ° 31' 22"  W Coordinates: 59 ° 54 '25 "  N , 43 ° 31' 22"  W.
Residents	0 (1924)
Time zone	UTC-3

Qernertoq [ ˈqɜˌnːɜtːɔq ] (according to the old spelling K'ernertoĸ ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the Nanortalik district in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Qernertoq was the easternmost residential area in West Greenland . The place was on the west coast of a large island of the same name at the eastern beginning of the Ikeq . The closest still inhabited place is Aappilattoq , which is 50 km northwest.

history

Qernertoq was already inhabited in the 19th century. The place originally belonged to the Moravian Brethren . From 1911 Qernertoq belonged to the municipality of Sammisoq.

In 1919 there were 29 residents living in six poorly built houses. There were four hunters and two fishermen and a catechist among the residents. The residents made their living by hunting seals and fishing.

Four years later, Qernertoq was given up.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ^ Ole Bendixen : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Sydgrønland: Julianehaab district. Bopladser i Julianehaab district. Bopladsen Kernertoĸ . 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. 536 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. 59 .