Qaqortuatsiaq

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Qaqortuatsiaq

Location within Greenland

Qaqortuatsiaq is a former settlement on the northern shore of Appat Island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. Its ruins lay against the Torsukattak Strait of Uummannaq Fjord.

Qaqortuatsiaq was a marble quarry^[1] and, though presently abandoned,^[2] seems likely to be revived in the future.^[3]

References

Abandoned sites in Greenland

Danish
&
Inuit

Qaasuitsup	Annoatok Appaalissiorfik Appat (Ritenbenck) Ataa Comer's Midden Etah Ikermiut Illulik Itissaalik Kuuk Moriusaq Narsaarsuk Pituffik Qaqortuatsiaq Qernertuarssuit Qilakitsoq Qullissat Saattoq Sarfaq

Qeqqata	Nipisat Island

Sermersooq	Ikkatteq Itterajivit (Kap Hope) Ivittuut Kangeq (Håbets Ø) Kangerluarsoruseq (Færingehavn) Nualik Qoornoq Umanak Umivik Uunarteq (Kap Tobin)

Kujalleq	Akunnat (Lichtenfels) Alluitsoq (Lichtenau) Idlorpait Ikigait

Outside municipalities	Clavering Island

Norse

Western Settlement	(Vestribyggð) Kilaarsarfik (Sandnæs)

Eastern Settlement	(Eystribyggð) Brattahlíð Garðar Hvalsey Herjolfsnes

Polar Exploration

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