Qeqertarsuatsiaat
Qeqertarsuatsiaat
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| Coordinates: 63°05′20″N 50°40′40″W / 63.08889°N 50.67778°WCoordinates: 63°05′20″N 50°40′40″W / 63.08889°N 50.67778°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Sermersooq |
| Founded | 1754 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Morten Johnsen |
| Population (2010) | |
| - Total | 235 |
| Time zone | UTC-03 |
| Postal code | 3900 Nuuk |
Qeqertarsuatsiaat (Danish: Fiskenæsset) is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality, in southwestern Greenland, located on an island off the shores of Labrador Sea. Its population is 235 as of 2010. The Greenlandic name of the town means 'the quite large island'.
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History
Qeqertarsuatsiaat was founded by the Danish merchant Anders Olsen in 1754 as a trading post. From there, the KGH, the Royal Danish trading company, could trade skins and blubber from hunters in the area.
In 1815 the last known great auk in Greenland was hunted near Qeqertarsuatsiaat by one of the villagers.
Transport
Qeqertarsuatsiaat is a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line coastal ship.
Population
Qeqertarsuatsiaat was losing population in the last two decades: more than a quarter population relative to the 1990 levels, and nearly 10 percent relative to the 2000 levels, and still decreasing.
- ^ Sermersooq Municipality (Danish)
- ^ Statistics Greenland (Danish)
- ^ Qeqertarsuatsiaat travel guide
- ^ "Suluk 2010 No.1" (PDF). Air Greenland. http://airgreenland.com/files/pdf/suluk/100401_Suluk_2010_No_1.pdf. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ AUL, Timetable 2009
- ^ a b c Statistics Greenland
