Sarfaq

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Sarfaq (current)
Sarfaĸ
Commune Avannaata Communia
District Upernavik
Geographical location 73 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  N , 56 ° 13 ′ 10 ″  W Coordinates: 73 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  N , 56 ° 13 ′ 10 ″  W
Sarfaq (Greenland)
Sarfaq
Residents 0
(1917)
Time zone UTC-3

Sarfaq [ ˈsɑfːɑq ] (according to the old spelling Sarfaĸ ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Upernavik in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Sarfaq is located on the north coast of the island of Qallunaat . The closest location is Nutaarmiut 16 km south-southwest.

history

Sarfaq was settled before 1887. In 1916 a large iceberg calved right in front of the residential area , causing a tsunami that hit Sarfaq. Seven people were killed in the process. The survivors left the place and founded the Appaalissiorfik residential area further north , where nineteen people lived in 1918.

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. 181 .