Alluitsoq, formerly spelled Agdluitsok, is a former settlement in southern

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, located on the

Alluitsoq Alluitsoq, formerly spelled Agdluitsok, is a former settlement in southern Greenland, located on the Alluitsoq Fjord, Alluitsoq or Lichtenau Fjord near Kap Farvel, Cape Farewell. It is about 13 kilometers from Ammassivik (Sletten), located on th ...

or Lichtenau Fjord near Cape Farewell. It is about 13 kilometers from Ammassivik (Sletten), located on the opposite side of the same fjord. It was founded as Lichtenau (

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: "Light Meadow") by the Moravian missionary Gotfried Grillich and five familiesMission in Greenland
. ''The Christian Library: Comprising a Series of Standard Works in Religious Literature.'' Key & Biddle, 1833. in 1774. Lüdecke, Cornelia.
East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century
". ''History of Meteorology'' 2, 2005. For a time, it was the largest permanent settlement in Greenland. The mission was surrendered to the Lutheran

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in 1900. The site has a large graveyard and was used as a children's home for the Gertrud Rask Institute between 1942 and 1980. The fjord separates in two at the end. One houses the largest waterfall in Greenland, Qorlortorsuaq, and a trout farm. The other holds a Norse farm's ruins.Randburg.com.
Historic sites and ruins in the Nanortalik district
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Former populated places in Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub