Illulik

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Illulik
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Illulik
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 74°20′39″N56°41′10″W / 74.34417°N 56.68611°W / 74.34417; -56.68611 Coordinates: 74°20′39″N56°41′10″W / 74.34417°N 56.68611°W / 74.34417; -56.68611
Sovereign state Flag of Denmark (state).svg  Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
Municipality Avannaata
Founded1908 [1]
Abandoned1973 [1]
Time zone UTC-03

Illulik (old spelling: Igdlulik) is a former settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

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Geography

Illulik was located near the western cape of Illulissuaq Peninsula, a mainland peninsula jutting off the mainland of Greenland into central Inussulik Bay, a bay in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago. [2]

Climate

It is an average negative in degrees Celsius.

History

The settlement was very small, consisting of several families. It was temporarily abandoned for the first time in 1909, due to relative isolation from other settlements of the region in early 20th century. The settlement was repopulated in 1914, and unlike small, insular villages in Inussulik Bay and Sugar Loaf Bay to the south, it survived the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland. It was permanently abandoned in 1973. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Petersen, Robert (2003). Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik. Danish Polar Center. pp. 107, 111, 133. ISBN   978-87-635-1261-9.
  2. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992