Quinisut

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Quinisut (as in storage shed )
K'uinissut
Commune Avannaata Communia
District Qaanaaq
Geographical location 77 ° 30 '55 "  N , 67 ° 45' 57"  W Coordinates: 77 ° 30 '55 "  N , 67 ° 45' 57"  W.
Quinisut (Greenland)
Quinisut
Residents 0
Time zone UTC-3

Quinisut [ quˈinisutˢʰ ] (according to the old spelling K'uinissut ; Inuktun Quinihut [ quˈinihu (t) ]) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Qaanaaq in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Quinisut is located on the north coast of the fjord Kangerlussuaq (Inglefield Bredning). The Quinisut Sermiat (Hubbard Gletsjer) glacier flows directly to the west of Quinisut . From Quinisut it is 36 km west to Qaanaaq and 26 km east to Qeqertat .

history

The Inughuit used to roam within four residential groups. Quinisut belongs to the Oqqorliit residential group . Only six people lived in Quinisut in 1951. The place was completely deserted the following year.

Individual evidence

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