Kitsissuarsuit

Kitsissuarsuit
Hunde Ejlande
Kitsissuarsuit
Kitsissuarsuit
Kitsissuarsuit is located in Greenland
Kitsissuarsuit
Kitsissuarsuit
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 68°51′25″N 53°07′15″W / 68.85694°N 53.12083°W / 68.85694; -53.12083
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
MunicipalityQeqertalik
Founded1830
Population
 (2020)
 • Total50
Time zoneUTC-03
Postal code
3950 Aasiaat

Kitsissuarsuit (old spelling: Kitsigsuarssuit) is a settlement in Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland. The settlement was formerly founded in 1830 as Hunde Ejlande or Dog's Island,[1] although it had already been used as a whaling station since 1817.[2] Its population was 50 in 2020.[3]

  1. ^ Ross, James. Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833. A.W. Webster, 1835.
  2. ^ Qaasuitsup Municipality (in Danish)
  3. ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Archived from the original on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-19.

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