Saattoq

Saattoq
Saattoq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates:
State  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country  Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup
Founded 1881[1]
Abandoned 1957[1]
Time zone UTC-03

Saattoq (old spelling: Sâtoq) is a former settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, in Tasiusaq Bay, straddling Saattorsuaq Island, and the nearby Saattoq skerry.[2]

History

Saattoq was populated in 1881. It was a very small village of fewer than 10 people at any time. It was abandoned in 1957, during the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland,[1] with the survuving population moving to nearby Nutaarmiut.

References

  1. ^ 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. pp. 105,108. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9. 
  2. ^ Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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
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