Saqqarmiut (Nanortalik)

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Saqqarmiut (residents of the sunny side)
Sarĸarmiut
Commune Kujalleq municipality
District Nanortalics
Geographical location 60 ° 1 '55 "  N , 43 ° 54' 54"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 1 '55 "  N , 43 ° 54' 54"  W.
Saqqarmiut (Greenland)
Saqqarmiut
Residents 0
Time zone UTC-3

Saqqarmiut [ ˌsɑˈqːɑmːiutˢʰ ] (according to the old spelling Sarĸarmiut ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the Nanortalik district in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Saqqarmiut is located on the south coast of Christian IV Ø at the mouth of the Tannera and Qilakitsoq fjords . Aappilattoq is the nearest town, 24 km to the northwest .

history

Saqqarmiut was settled before 1880. In 1900 23 people lived at the place where they lived. Saqqarmiut was abandoned within the next twenty years.

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. 58 .