Kuuk

Kuuk
Kuuk Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 73°42′20″N 56°11′40″W / 73.70556°N 56.19444°W / 73.70556; -56.19444Coordinates: 73°42′20″N 56°11′40″W / 73.70556°N 56.19444°W / 73.70556; -56.19444
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Greenland
Municipality	Qaasuitsup
Founded	1891^[1]
Abandoned	1972^[1]
Time zone	UTC-03

Kuuk (old spelling: Kûk) is a former settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southern cape of Mernoq Island, an island in Tasiusaq Bay.^[2] The settlement was abandoned in 1972.^[1]

References

1 2 3 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.
↑ Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

Abandoned sites in Greenland

Greenlandic
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 Sermermiut

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 Pituffik

Norse

Western (Vestribyggð)	Sandnæs (Kilaarsarfik)

Eastern (Eystribyggð)	Brattahlíð Dyrnæs Garðar Hvalsey Herjolfsnes

Polar exploration

Paleo-Eskimo

Deltaterrasserne

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