Annoatok or Anoritooq, located at , was a small hunting station in
Greenland
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on
Smith Sound
Smith Sound (; ) is an Arctic sea passage between Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are ...
about north of
Etah
Etah () is a city in the western part of Uttar Pradesh, India, and the administrative headquarters of Etah District. The nearest major cities are Aligarh and Agra. Located approximately 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Agra and about 25 mile ...
. It is now abandoned.
History
Annoatok was used as a base by
Frederick Cook
Frederick Albert Cook (June 10, 1865 – August 5, 1940) was an American explorer, physician and ethnographer, who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908. A competing claim was made a year l ...
during his Arctic expedition of 1908–09, when he claimed to have reached the
North Pole
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. The name Annoatok means "the wind-loved place". According to a publication in 1997, it was the most northerly inhabited place on Earth at that time. However, excavations carried out by
Eric Holtved in
Inuarfissuaq at 78.9° N in central
Inglefield Land
Inglefield Land is an unglaciated area along the northwestern coast of Greenland. It was named after English explorer Edward Augustus Inglefield.
History
Inglefield Land is noted for its archaeological sites, which show evidence of occupation by ...
proved human settlement further north. Excavations during the years 2004 to 2005 gave evidence of an ancient settlement about 30 km further north in
Qaqaitsut at 79.2° N in Eastern Inglefield Land.
[Darwent, John et al.: Archaeological Survey of Eastern Inglefield Land, Northwestern Greenland, in: ARCTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 51–86, 2007, p. 52]
References
Former populated places in Greenland
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