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Qaqortuatsiaq

Location within Greenland

Qaqortuatsiaq is a former settlement on the northern shore of Appat Island in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Its ruins lay against the Torsukattak Strait of Uummannaq Fjord.

Qaqortuatsiaq was a marble quarry^[1] and, though presently abandoned,^[2] seems likely to be revived in the future.^[3]

References

Abandoned sites in Greenland

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

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

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

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

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