Saattorsuaq
| Saattorsuaq | ||
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| Waters | Tasiusaq Bay , Baffin Bay , Atlantic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Upernavik archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 31 ′ N , 56 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Saattorsuaq (according to the old spelling Sãtorssuaĸ , German large flat stone ) is an uninhabited island in the Upernavik district in the Avannaata Kommunia , Greenland . The island belongs to the Upernavik archipelago .
history
The island was inhabited between 1881 and 1957. In the north of the island was the small settlement Saattoq , which was only inhabited by several families.
geography
Saattorsuaq is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the north-central part of the Upernavik Archipelago . The island is divided by the inner waterways of the bay: to the northeast by Nuuluk Island , to the southwest by Aappilattoq Island , to the west by Nutaarmiut and to the northwest by Qallunaat .
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Petersen: Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik . Danish Polar Center, 2003, ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9 , pp. 105, 108.
- ^ Upernavik , Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992