Tatsip Ataa

Tatsip Ataa (under the lake)
Tatsip Atâ
Commune	Kujalleq municipality
District	Qaqortoq
Geographical location	60 ° 49 '12 "  N , 45 ° 30' 56"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 49 '12 "  N , 45 ° 30' 56"  W.
Residents	0 (2006)
founding	1978
Time zone	UTC-3

Tatsip Ataa [ ˈtat͡sip aˈtaː ] (according to the old spelling Tatsip Atâ ) is a desolate Greenlandic shepherd settlement in the district of Qaqortoq in the municipality of Kujalleq .

location

Tatsip Ataa is located on Igalikup Kangerlua in the Tasikuluulik lake area . 19 km to the north is Igaliku, the next larger town.

history

Tatsip Ataa is part of the Kujataa World Heritage Site . There are remains of the Grænlendingar who lived in the area in the Middle Ages. The place is used today as a school camp.

Population development

Tatsip Ataa is first mentioned in 1978 with a resident. From 1992, no more residents were counted. In 2004 two people lived in Tatsip Ataa and in 2005 one. Since then, the place has been uninhabited again.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ↑ Nomination to UNESCO's World Heritage List - Kujataa - a subarctic farming landscape in Greenland (nomination of the Kujataa region for the UNESCO World Heritage List) (.pdf; p. 90ff)
3. ↑ Lokaliteter i Grønland at stat.gl (.pdf)