Skjoldungen

Skjoldungen
Waters	Irmingersee
Geographical location	63 ° 19 ′ N , 41 ° 31 ′ W Coordinates: 63 ° 19 ′ N , 41 ° 31 ′ W
length	49 km
width	14 km
surface	450 km²
Highest elevation	Miialeqaaq ; 1738 m
Residents	uninhabited

Skjoldungen ( Saqqisikuik in Greenlandic ) is a large uninhabited island on the southeast coast of Greenland . Administratively it belongs to the Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq .

geography

Map of Southeast Greenland from 1944 with Skjoldungen in the upper center

Skjoldungen is separated from mainland Greenland by the Iittuarmiit (Sønder Skjoldungesund) in the west, the Qimutuluittiip Kangertiva (Nordre Skjoldungesund) in the east and the Pulaqqaviip Ikaasaa (Mørkesund) in the north. The uninhabited, mountainous island is about 49 km long and 14 km wide. Its highest point is the mountain Miialeqaaq (pandebrasken) in the northwest with 1738 m .

history

The island was named in 1829 by Wilhelm August Graah after the Danish ruling family of the Skioldinger during the Migration Period . In 1938 150 tunumiit from the ever-growing Ammassalik were persuaded to settle on Skjoldungen. Four settlements formed in the region, not all of which were on the island: Akerninnaq , Iittuarmiit , Oqqua and Pulaqqavik . In 1952 a depot was set up to supply the population. In 1960 Skjoldungen was promoted to Udsted . At that time, around 100 people lived in the area. Almost 50 had emigrated north to Umiivik and Pikiittit in the same year . Because of the poor fishing opportunities, the region turned out to be not profitable enough and in 1964/65 Skjoldungen was abandoned again and the residents returned to the area around Ammassalik.

Sons and daughters

Orto Ignatiussen (1959–2019), actor and theater director

Individual evidence

↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
↑ Spencer Apollonio: Lands that Hold One Spellbound . University of Calgary Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55238-240-0 , pp. 296 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 215 .

[1] Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq

[2] Spencer Apollonio: Lands that Hold One Spellbound . University of Calgary Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55238-240-0 , pp. 296 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[3] Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 215 .