Saattoq
Appearance
Saattoq | |
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Coordinates: 73°31′19″N 56°07′50″W / 73.52194°N 56.13056°W | |
Sovereign state | Kingdom of Denmark |
Autonomous country | Greenland |
Municipality | Avannaata |
Founded | 1881[1] |
Abandoned | 1957[1] |
Time zone | UTC-03 |
Saattoq (old spelling: Sâtoq) is a former settlement in Avannaata 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
[edit]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 surviving population moving to nearby Nutaarmiut.