Sarfaq

Sarfaq
Sarfaq
Location within Greenland
Coordinates:
State  Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country  Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup
Founded 1898[1]
Abandoned 1919[1]
Time zone UTC-03

Sarfaq is a former settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago region of northwestern Greenland. It was located on Qallunaat Island, an island in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of the archipelago. The village was perched near the eastern cape of the island, on the shores of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord.[2] The settlement was abandoned in 1919.[1]

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. 105,107. 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
Polar Exploration and Research