Saffiorfik

Saffiorfik (where to forge)
Savfiorfik
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Upernavik
Geographical location	73 ° 17 '29 "  N , 55 ° 58' 35"  W Coordinates: 73 ° 17 '29 "  N , 55 ° 58' 35"  W.
Residents	0 (1952)
Time zone	UTC-3

Saffiorfik [ ˌsafːiˈɔfːik ] (according to the old spelling Savfiorfik ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Upernavik in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Saffiorfik is located in the south of Tasiusaq Island at the tip of a small peninsula. Tasiusaq is located nine kilometers north on the same island .

history

Saffiorfik was settled after 1887. From 1911 the place belonged to the municipality Tasiusaq. In 1918 the residential area had 16 residents. The two families lived in two houses, one of which was very small and poorly built and the other was significantly larger. It is reported that the residents were rather lazy and often went hungry despite the good fishing opportunities. Between 1930 and 1950, between eight and twelve people lived in Saffiorfik. In 1950 Saffiorfik became part of the new municipality of Upernavik , but a year later the last ten residents left the place.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ↑ Hans Jensen Bryder : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgronland: Upernivik Island district. De enkelte Bopladser i Upernivik district. Bopladsen Savfiorfik . 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 1 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 502 ( 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. 183 .