Sittingaleq

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Sittingaleq
Sivtingaleĸ
Commune Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
District Ammassalik
Geographical location 65 ° 33 '7 "  N , 37 ° 13' 7"  W Coordinates: 65 ° 33 '7 "  N , 37 ° 13' 7"  W.
Sittingaleq (Greenland)
Sittingaleq
Residents 0
(1950)
Time zone UTC-3

Sittingaleq [ ˈt͡sitːiŋaɾɜ (q) ] (according to the old spelling Sivtingaleĸ ) is a desolate Greenlandic settlement in the district of Ammassalik in the Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq .

location

Sittingaleq is located on the west side of the island of Kulusuk in front of several small islands. The distance to the next village Kulusuk is no more than three kilometers to the north-northeast.

history

Sittingaleq was inhabited before 1930. In the same year 15 residents were counted. In the 1940s there were between 17 and 26 residents before the residential area was given up in 1949.

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. 211 f .