Annoatok

For the mansion in Pennsylvania, see Anoatok.
Annoatok
Location within Greenland

Annoatok (or Anoritooq), located at ,[1] was a small hunting station in Greenland, on Smith Sound about 24 km (15 mi) north of Etah. It is now abandoned.

History

Annoatok was used as a base by Frederick Cook during his Arctic expedition of 1908–09, when he claimed to have reached the North Pole.[2] At that time it was the most northerly inhabited place on earth.[3] The name means "the wind-loved place".[4]

References

  1. ^ The first conqueror of the North Pole: Cook, Peary, or neither? by Jacques L Theodor
  2. ^ Henderson, B. (2005) True North W W Norton ISBN 0-393-32738-8
  3. ^ Bryce, R.M. (1997) Cook & Peary: the Polar Controversy Resolved ISBN 0-8117-0317-7, p.303
  4. ^ Bryce (1997), p.306
Abandoned sites in Greenland
Inuit
Annoatok  • Appaalissiorfik  • Ataa  • Comer's Midden  • Etah  • Ikermiut  • Illulik  • Itissaalik  • Kuuk  • Narsaarsuk  • Pituffik  • Qernertuarssuit  • Qilakitsoq  • Qullissat  • Saattoq  • Sarfaq
Ikkatteq  • Itterajivit  • Ivittuut  • Kangeq  • Kangerluarsoruseq  • Nualik  • Qoornoq  • Uunarteq
Norse
(Vestribyggð)
(Eystribyggð)  • Brattahlíð  • Garðar  • Hvalsey
Polar Exploration and Research