Qulleq

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Qulleq
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Qulleq
Geography
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Southeastern Greenland
Coordinates 61°33′N42°16′W / 61.550°N 42.267°W / 61.550; -42.267 Coordinates: 61°33′N42°16′W / 61.550°N 42.267°W / 61.550; -42.267
Highest elevation451 m (1,480 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Sermersooq
Demographics
Population0

Qulleq, Qutdleq or Kutdlek [1] is an uninhabited island in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality in southern Greenland.

King Frederick VI Coast Region in Greenland

King Frederick VI Coast is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by King Christian IX Land on the north and the Greenland Ice Sheet to the west.

Sermersooq Municipality in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark

Sermersooq is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous municipality in the country, with 21,868 inhabitants as of January 2013. The municipality consists of former municipalities of eastern and southwestern Greenland, each named after the largest settlement at the time of formation:

Greenland Autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark

Greenland is an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century, gradually settling across the island.

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Geography

Qulleq is an irregularly-shaped island that lies off the southeastern coast of Greenland. It is located 5.5 km from the shore off the mouth of the Anorituup Kangerlua fjord, to the NNE of Cape Tordenskjold, northeast of Nuuk Point. [2]

Anorituup Kangerlua

Anorituup Kangerlua, also known as Anoritoq or Anortek Fjord, is a fjord in King Frederick VI Coast, southern Greenland.

Qulleq is the largest and southernmost island of a small offshore archipelago of four main islands, including Qipinnguak close by to the west, Takisoq to the northwest and Qeqertarsuaq to the north. [3] The island's length is 6 kilometres (4 miles) and its maximum width 2.8 kilometres (2 miles). [4]

History

Qutsigsormiut is an important Paleo-Eskimo archaeological site on Qulleq's southern coast. [5] It is located by a south-facing bay known as Qulleq Sound that forms a sheltered natural harbour. [6]

The Paleo-Eskimo were the peoples who inhabited the Arctic region from Chukotka in present-day Russia across North America to Greenland prior to the arrival of the modern Inuit (Eskimo) and related cultures. The first known Paleo-Eskimo cultures developed by 2500 BCE, but were gradually displaced in most of the region, with the last one, the Dorset culture, disappearing around 1500 CE.

A LORAN transmitting station was built on the southeastern point of the island and lies now abandoned.

LORAN long range navigation system

LORAN, short for long range navigation, was a hyperbolic radio navigation system developed in the United States during World War II. It was similar to the UK's Gee system but operated at lower frequencies in order to provide an improved range up to 1,500 miles (2,400 km) with an accuracy of tens of miles. It was first used for ship convoys crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and then by long-range patrol aircraft, but found its main use on the ships and aircraft operating in the Pacific theatre.

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References

  1. "Kuldlek / Kutdlek / Outdlît / Qulleq / Qutdleq, Greenland, Earth - Geody" . Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 25
  3. "Qeqertarsuaq". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. GoogleEarth
  5. "Map showing the Site 28. Archaeological remains -- Ancient Site site at : Qulleq (61.53333, -42.26667): (61.53333, -42.26667)" . Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  6. "Qulleq Sund". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 April 2016.