Kuuk

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Kuuk
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Kuuk
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 73°42′20″N56°11′40″W / 73.70556°N 56.19444°W / 73.70556; -56.19444 Coordinates: 73°42′20″N56°11′40″W / 73.70556°N 56.19444°W / 73.70556; -56.19444
StateFlag of Denmark (state).svg  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup-coat-of-arms.svg Qaasuitsup
Founded 1891 [1]
Abandoned 1972 [1]
Time zone UTC-03

Kuuk (old spelling: Kûk) is a former settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southern cape of Mernoq Island, an island in Tasiusaq Bay. [2] The settlement was abandoned in 1972. [1]

Qaasuitsup former municipality of Greenland

Qaasuitsup was a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2017. As of January 2013 its population was 17,498. The administrative centre of the municipality was in Ilulissat. The municipality consisted of the former municipalities of western and northern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement:

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.

Upernavik Archipelago

Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately 71°50′N56°00′W to the southern end of Melville Bay in the north at approximately 74°50′N57°30′W.

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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. 105,107. ISBN   978-87-635-1261-9.
  2. ↑ Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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