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For an island of the same name, see Itissaalik Island. Place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
Itissaalik
Itissaalik is located in GreenlandItissaalikItissaalikLocation within Greenland
Coordinates: 74°03′17″N 56°44′35″W / 74.05472°N 56.74306°W / 74.05472; -56.74306
Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Founded1904
Abandoned1957
Time zoneUTC-03

Itissaalik (old spelling: Itivsâlik, also Itussaalik) is a former settlement in Avannaata 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.

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, with the population moving to nearby Nuussuaq, and further to Kullorsuaq in Melville Bay.

References

  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.
  2. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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