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Coordinates: 73°42′20″N 56°11′40″W / 73.70556°N 56.19444°W

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Kuuk
Kuuk Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 73°42′20″N 56°11′40″W / 73.70556°N 56.19444°W / 73.70556; -56.19444
Sovereign state	Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country	Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata
Founded	1891^[1]
Abandoned	1972^[1]
Time zone	UTC-03

Kuuk (old spelling: Kûk) is a former settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southern cape of Mernoq Island, an island in Tasiusaq Bay.^[2] The settlement was abandoned in 1972. The most likely reason for its abandonment is the shifting of the ice which it was built on and the horrible climate in the region. The settlement remains labeled on maps of Greenland and online maps.

References

^ ^a ^b 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. 105, 107. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9.
^ Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

Abandoned sites in Greenland

Greenlandic
Inuit
Danish

Avannaata	Annoatok Appaalissiorfik Appat (Ritenbenck) Ataa Comer's Midden Etah Ikermiut Illorsuit Illulik Itissaalik Kuuk Moriusaq Narsaarsuk Nuugaatsiaq Qaqortuatsiaq Qernertuarssuit Qilakitsoq Saattoq Sarfaq Sermermiut
Qeqertalik	Qullissat
Qeqqata	Nipisat Island
Sermersooq	Ikkatteq Itterajivit (Kap Hope) Ivittuut Kangeq (Håbets Ø) Kangerluarsoruseq (Færingehavn) Nualik Qoornoq Umanak Umivik Uunarteq (Kap Tobin)
Kujalleq	Akunnat (Lichtenfels) Alluitsoq (Lichtenau) Idlorpait Ikigait Østprøven
outside municipalities	Clavering Island Pituffik Sabine Island

Greenlandic Norse
Norsemen/Vikings

Western (Vestribyggð)	Sandnæs (Kilaarsarfik)
Eastern (Eystribyggð)	Brattahlíð Dyrnæs Garðar Hvalsey Herjolfsnes
Middle Settlement	Farm ruins discovered

Faroese

Føroyingahavnin (Kangerluarsoruseq)

American

Bluie East	Bluie East One Bluie East Two Bluie East Three Bluie East Four Bluie East Five
Bluie West	Bluie West One Bluie West Two Bluie West Three Bluie West Four Bluie West Five Bluie West Six Bluie West Seven Bluie West Eight Bluie West Nine
DEW line	DYE-1 DYE-2 DYE-3 DYE-4
Project Iceworm	Camp Century Camp Fistclench

Dutch

German

Moravian	Neu-Herrnhut Lichtenfels (Akunnat) Lichtenau (Alluitsoq) Friedrichsthal (Narsarmijit) Umanak Idlorpait
Wehrmacht	Holzauge (Hansa Bay, Sabine Island) Edelweiss (Dove Bay) Edelweiss II (Lille Koldewey)

Polar exploration

Paleo-Eskimo

Deltaterrasserne

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