Tunoqqu

Tunoqqu
Tunorĸo
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Upernavik
Geographical location	72 ° 51 '3 "  N , 55 ° 59' 47"  W Coordinates: 72 ° 51 '3 "  N , 55 ° 59' 47"  W.
Residents	0 (1940)
Time zone	UTC-3

Tunoqqu [ tunɔqːu ] (the old spelling Tunorĸo ) is a desolate fallen Greenlandic settlement in the district Upernavik in Avannaata Come Unia .

location

Tunoqqu is located in the south of a small island directly east of the island of Karrat . Upernavik, the next inhabited place, is nine kilometers to the southwest .

history

Tunoqqu was settled between 1887 and 1918. From 1911 the residential area belonged to the municipality of Upernavik. In 1918 Tunoqqu had twelve residents, consisting of a man with his children, children-in-law and grandchildren. They lived in two houses. The place was described as an extremely poor hunting ground and the residents as little trouble. Because of this, they often went hungry. During the 1920s the population increased by half, but then decreased again. In 1939 the last 19 residents left the residential area.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ↑ Hans Jensen Bryder : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgronland: Upernivik Island district. De enkelte Bopladser i Upernivik district. Bopladsen Tunorĸo . In: Georg Carl Amdrup , Louis Bobé , Adolf Severin Jensen , Hans Peder Steensby (eds.): Grønland i tohundredeaaret for Hans Egedes landing (=  Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 60-61 ). tape 1 . C. A. Reitzel Boghandel, Copenhagen 1921, p. 481 ( digitized version in the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 186 .