Upernavik Næs

Upernavik Næs (Cape of Upernivik )
Uperniviup Nuua (Cape of Upernivik) Uperniviup Nûa
Commune	Avannaata Communia
District	Uummannaq
Geographical location	71 ° 10 '28 "  N , 53 ° 0' 43"  W Coordinates: 71 ° 10 '28 "  N , 53 ° 0' 43"  W.
Residents	0
Time zone	UTC-3

Upernavik Næs [ uˈpɜnːavik nɛs ] ( Greenlandic Uperniviup Nuua , according to the old spelling Uperniviup Nûa ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Uummannaq in the Avannaata Kommunia .

location

Upernavik Næs is to the top left of the iceberg in the lower half of the picture to the right of the third moraine from the right.

Upernavik Næs is located in the southwest of the island of Upernivik in the north of the fjord system of Uummannap Kangerlua . Illorsuit is 21 km west-northwest .

history

Upernavik Næs is only called by its Danish name. Strictly speaking, the Greenlandic name Uperniviup Nuua only refers to the cape 2.7 km southeast. The Oqaasileriffik only names the place with the descriptive name Uperniviup Illoqarfikua , which translated means Former Settlement of Upernivik .

At the beginning of the colonial era, the place occasionally served as a summer place, especially for reindeer hunters. Later the settlement became more permanent. In 1793, 14 Greenlanders, all of whom were still unbaptized, lived at the place where they lived. In 1798 there were 18, two of whom were now baptized. In 1805 the place was uninhabited. After it was requested that there should be a place between Uummannaq and Upernavik as a travel stop, it was used again as a winter place. Around 1845 the last pagans of the district were baptized here. In 1849, 72 people lived on the island. They still celebrated typical pagan dance festivals. Later the place was temporarily uninhabited again.

In 1894 two families from Tuullittalik moved to the place of Upernavik Næs. In 1905 27 people lived in the area. In 1911 Upernavik became part of the Illorsuit parish. In 1915 the residential area had 33 residents who lived in six houses. There were eight hunters and one fisherman, and one of the hunters was employed as a reader. Since the place does not appear in the 1930 census, it can be assumed that it was abandoned during the 1920s.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map with all official place names confirmed by Oqaasileriffik , provided by Asiaq
2. ^ Alfred Bertelsen , Hother Ostermann : Beskrivelse af Distrikterne i Nordgrønland: Ũmánaĸ district. De grandson Bopladser. Upernivik . 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. 426 f . ( Digitized in the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Jens Christian Madsen: Udsteder og bopladser i Grønland 1901-2000 . Atuagkat, 2009, ISBN 978-87-90133-76-4 , pp. 166 f .