Illulik

Illulik
Illulik Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 74°20′39″N 56°41′10″W / 74.34417°N 56.68611°WCoordinates: 74°20′39″N 56°41′10″W / 74.34417°N 56.68611°W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Greenland
Municipality	Qaasuitsup
Founded	1908[1]
Abandoned	1973[1]
Time zone	UTC-03

Illulik (old spelling: Igdlulik) is a former settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

Illulik was located near the western cape of Illulissuaq Peninsula, a mainland peninsula jutting off the mainland of Greenland into central Inussulik Bay, a bay in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago.^[2]

Climate

It is an average negative in degrees Celsius.

History

The settlement was very small, consisting of several families. It was temporarily abandoned for the first time in 1909, due to relative isolation from other settlements of the region in early 20th century. The settlement was repopulated in 1914, and unlike small, insular villages in Inussulik Bay and Sugar Loaf Bay to the south, it survived the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland. It was permanently abandoned in 1973.^[1]

References

1. 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. 107, 111, 133. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9.
2. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992