Uunarteq

Uunarteq (the hot one)
Cape Tobin Ûnarteĸ
Commune	Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq
District	Ittoqqortoormiit
Geographical location	70 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 58 ′ 30 ″  W Coordinates: 70 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 58 ′ 30 ″  W
Residents	0 (2004)
founding	1925
Time zone	UTC-1

Uunarteq [ ˈuːˌnɑtːɜ (q) ] (according to the old spelling Ûnarteĸ ; Kitaamiusut Uunartoq ) is a deserted Greenlandic settlement in the district of Ittoqqortoormiit in the commune qarfik Sermersooq .

location

Uunarteq is located 7.6 km south of Ittoqqortoormiit at the southernmost point of Liverpool Land on a peninsula that extends into the Kangertittivaq .

history

Uunarteq was founded together with Ittoqqortoormiit and two other residential places in 1925. In 1930 15 people lived in Uunarteq. In 1940 there were 27 and in 1950 there were 25. In 1948 a telegraph station was built and within a short time the population doubled in 1960 to 50 people. In 1965 a school was built. Most of the people in Uunarteq at the time were Danes. Of the 55 people living in Uunarteq in 1970, only 20 were Greenlanders. In 1980 the telegraph station was relocated to Ittoqqortoormiit, with the result that the population suddenly fell sharply.

Sons and daughters

• Pia Ârĸê (1958–2007), Greenland-Danish artist

Population development

The population of Uunarteq fell rapidly with the relocation of the telegraph station, then recovered briefly and finally fell back before the last residents left the place in 2003.

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. 221 .
3. ↑ Population Uunarteq 1977-2019 at bank.stat.gl