Qoornoq

Qoornoq
Qoornoq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates:
State  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country  Greenland
Municipality Sermersooq
First settled 2200 BCE
Abandoned 1972
Time zone UTC-03

Qoornoq (old spelling: Qôrnoq) is an abandoned fishing village in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland.

History

The area was known to have been inhabited by the ancient pre-Inuit, Paleo-Eskimo people of the Saqqaq culture as far back as 2200 BC.[1] It still contains archaeological ruins of ancient Inuit and Norse buildings. The site was excavated in 1952 and the remains of an old Norse farm and ancient tools were discovered.[2] The outside walls of the farm are double hatched and contain several Inuit houses.[2] The village was abandoned in 1972.[2]

Geography

Qoornoq is located on the northeastern coast of the Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, to the northeast of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.

References

  1. ^ "Human history". Nuuk Tourism. http://www.nuuk-tourism.gl/database.asp?lang=eng&num=247. Retrieved July 12, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c From Middle Ages to Colonial Times. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 338. ISBN 8763512394. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h7j6BuPTORsC&pg=PA338&dq=Qoornoq&hl=en&ei=-5M7TNnnFdeKsAbTnK3vBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Qoornoq&f=false. 
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