Upernaviarsuk (Upernavik)

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Upernaviarsuk (small summer square)
Upernaviarssuk
Commune Avannaata Communia
District Upernavik
Geographical location 72 ° 46 '17 "  N , 55 ° 39' 6"  W Coordinates: 72 ° 46 '17 "  N , 55 ° 39' 6"  W.
Upernaviarsuk (Greenland)
Upernaviarsuk
Residents 0
Time zone UTC-3

Upernaviarsuk [ uˌpɜnːaviˈɑsːuk ] (according to the old spelling Upernaviarssuk ) is a desolate Greenlandic settlement in the district of Upernavik in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Upernaviarsuk is located on a very small island off the east of the large island of Qaarsorsuatsiaq and thus on the north bank of the Akornat . 16 km to the west is the nearest inhabited place Upernavik .

history

Upernaviarsuk served as a summer place for the residents of Kingittoq , as there were better hunting conditions here. It can be assumed that the residential area was temporarily also permanently inhabited.

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. 186 .