Itissaalik

{{For|an island of the same name|Itissaalik Island}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Itissaalik

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|pushpin_map = Greenland

|pushpin_label_position =

|pushpin_map_caption = Location within Greenland

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| subdivision_type = Sovereign state

| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Kingdom of Denmark}}

| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous country

| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Greenland}}

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Avannaata

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| subdivision_name3 =

|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1904{{cite book|last=Petersen|first=Robert|title=Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik|publisher=Danish Polar Center|pages=106|year=2003|isbn=978-87-635-1261-9}}

|extinct_title = Abandoned

|extinct_date = 1957

|timezone = UTC-03

|coordinates = {{coord|74|03|17|N|56|44|35|W|region:GL|display=inline,title}}

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Itissaalik (old spelling: Itivsâlik, also Itussaalik) is a former settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southern shore of Itissaalik Island, an island in Sugar Loaf Bay.Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

History

Itissaalik was established in 1904, and temporarily depopulated five years later. It was repopulated again in 1911, and finally abandoned in 1957, during the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland, with the population moving to nearby Nuussuaq, and further to Kullorsuaq in Melville Bay.

References

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{{Abandoned sites in Greenland}}

Category:Former populated places in Greenland

Category:Sugar Loaf Bay

Category:Upernavik Archipelago

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