Itissaalik

Itissaalik
Itissaalik
	Itissaalik Location within Greenland
	Coordinates: 74°03′17″N 56°44′35″W / 74.05472°N 56.74306°W
Sovereign state	Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country	Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata
Founded	1904
Abandoned	1957
Time zone	UTC-03

Itissaalik (old spelling: Itivsâlik, also Itussaalik) is a former settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southern shore of Itissaalik Island, an island in Sugar Loaf Bay.^[2]

History

Itissaalik was established in 1904, and temporarily depopulated five years later. It was repopulated again in 1911, and finally abandoned in 1957, during the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland,^[1] with the population moving to nearby Nuussuaq, and further to Kullorsuaq in Melville Bay.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Petersen, Robert (2003). Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik. Danish Polar Center. p. 106. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9.
^ Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

[hunt-1] Petersen, Robert (2003). Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik. Danish Polar Center. p. 106. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9.

[saga-2] Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

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